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opium poppy


opium poppy

noun

Definition of OPIUM POPPY

: an annual Eurasian poppy (Papaver somniferum) cultivated since antiquity as the source of opium, for its edible oily seeds, or for its showy flowers

First Known Use of OPIUM POPPY

1863

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