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PAPAVER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Papaveraceae; chiefly bristly hairy herbs with usually showy flowers

Synonyms:

genus Papaver; Papaver

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Papaver" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Papaver"):

Iceland poppy; Papaver alpinum (Old World alpine poppy with white or yellow to orange flowers)

Papaver californicum; western poppy (showy annual of California with red flowers)

Papaver argemone; prickly poppy (annual Old World poppy with orange-red flowers and bristly fruit)

arctic poppy; Iceland poppy; Papaver nudicaule (subarctic perennial poppy of both hemispheres having fragrant white or yellow to orange or peach flowers)

oriental poppy; Papaver orientale (commonly cultivated Asiatic perennial poppy having stiff heavily haired leaves and bright scarlet or pink to orange flowers)

corn poppy; field poppy; Flanders poppy; Papaver rhoeas (annual European poppy common in grain fields and often cultivated)

opium poppy; Papaver somniferum (southwestern Asian herb with greyish leaves and white or reddish flowers; source of opium)

Holonyms ("Papaver" is a member of...):

family Papaveraceae; Papaveraceae; poppy family (herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits)

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