OPIUM POPPY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does opium poppy mean? 

• OPIUM POPPY (noun)
  The noun OPIUM POPPY has 1 sense:

1. southwestern Asian herb with greyish leaves and white or reddish flowers; source of opium

  Familiarity information: OPIUM POPPY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPIUM POPPY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Southwestern Asian herb with greyish leaves and white or reddish flowers; source of opium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

opium poppy; Papaver somniferum

Hypernyms ("opium poppy" is a kind of...):

poppy (annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers)

Meronyms (parts of "opium poppy"):

poppy seed (small grey seed of a poppy flower; used whole or ground in baked items)

Holonyms ("opium poppy" is a member of...):

genus Papaver; Papaver (type genus of the Papaveraceae; chiefly bristly hairy herbs with usually showy flowers)

 Context examples 

The orally available hydrochloride salt of the opioid agonist noscapine, a phthalideisoquinoline alkaloid derived from the opium poppy Papaver somniferum, with mild analgesic, antitussive, and potential antineoplastic activities.

(Noscapine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

A phthalide isoquinoline non-narcotic alkaloid derived from the opium poppy Papaver somniferum, with mild analgesic, antitussive, and potential antineoplastic activities.

(Noscapine, NCI Thesaurus)