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PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

opium poppy; Papaver somniferum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (parts of "Papaver somniferum"):

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

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

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

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