Papaver somniferum

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

opium poppy

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

poppy - annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers

genus Papaver, Papaver - type genus of the Papaveraceae; chiefly bristly hairy herbs with usually showy flowers

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genus Papaver opianine opium poppy Papaver poppy poppy seed			The foursome was arrested when police busted six men and one woman on June 25 in Katidata village after 33 Papaver somniferum plants measuring 35 to 70 centimetres tall planted in a fenced garden in the house's backyard. Poppy growers charged by Cyprus Mail (Cyprus) The Flower of Forgetfulness, it is the plant that is grown in some countries to make opium; it's botanical name, Papaver somniferum, alludes to it as a bringer of sleep. Poppies can put on a blooming good show by The Journal (Newcastle, England) Richard Pryce, a Carmarthenshire county recorder and keen botanist, identified the poppies as the papaver somniferum variety, restricted in some countries due to their link to the drugs trade. Flowers in high bloom by The Mirror (London, England)			Papal crown papal infallibility papal nuncio Papal States papalism Papalist Papality Papalize Papally Papalty Papandreou Papanicolaou smear Papanicolaou test Papaphobia paparazzi paparazzo Paparchy Papaver Papaver alpinum Papaver argemone Papaver californicum Papaver heterophyllum Papaver nudicaule Papaver orientale Papaver rhoeas Papaver somniferum Papaveraceae papaveraceous Papaverales papaverine Papaverous papaw papaw tree papaya papaya family papaya juice papaya tree Papboat Pape Papeete Papejay Papen paper paper advance paper bag paper birch Paper blockade Paper boat Paper car wheel paper chain paper chase			Paparchy Paparegas, Demetres Papas Papas Papas Papaskiri, Ivan Papaskiri, Ivan Georgievich Papatanasiou, Aspasia Papau New Guinea Papau New Guinea Papava, Mikhail Papava, Mikhail Grigorevich Papaver Papaver Papaver Papaver aculeatum Papaver aculeatum Papaver aculeatum Papaver alpinum Papaver argemone Papaver bracteatum Papaver californicum Papaver heterophyllum Papaver nudicaule Papaver nudicaule Papaver nudicaule Papaver orientale Papaver rhoeas Papaver rhoeas Papaver rhoeas Papaver somniferum Papaveraceae Papaveraceae Papaveraceous Papaverales Papaverales Papaveretum Papaveretum papaverine papaverine papaverine papaverine HCl papaverine hydrochloride Papaverous papaw papaw papaw papaw papaw tree papaw tree papaw tree papaw trees papaw trees papaw trees papaws papaws papaws papaya papaya papaya Papaya and Mango Producers and Exporters Association of Ghana

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