PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM
\pˈape͡ɪvə sˈɒmnɪfəɹəm], \pˈapeɪvə sˈɒmnɪfəɹəm], \p_ˈa_p_eɪ_v_ə s_ˈɒ_m_n_ɪ_f_ə_ɹ_ə_m]\
Definitions of PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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i. Opium poppy; indigenous probably to southern Europe and western Asia. It is now extensively cultivated for the opium obtained by scarifying the unripe but fully grown capsules, and in Europe for the seed, which yields oil of poppy. The dried, nearly ripe capsules constitute the poppy capsules, the papaveris capsulae of the Br. Ph. 1898, which possess in a mild form the properties of opium.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
