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    PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    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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