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Papaver

noun

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

• Syn: ↑genus Papaver

• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Papaveraceae, ↑family Papaveraceae, ↑poppy family

• Member Meronyms:

↑Iceland poppy, ↑Papaver alpinum, ↑western poppy, ↑Papaver californicum, ↑prickly poppy, ↑Papaver argemone, ↑arctic poppy, ↑Papaver nudicaule, ↑oriental poppy, ↑Papaver orientale, ↑corn poppy, ↑field poppy, ↑Flanders poppy, ↑Papaver rhoeas, ↑opium poppy, ↑Papaver somniferum

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\\pəˈpavə(r), -ˈpāv-\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, poppy — more at poppy

: a genus (the type of the family Papaveraceae) of chiefly bristly hairy herbs or occasionally subshrubs with lobed or dissected leaves, long-peduncled often nodding usually large and showy flowers, and a capsular fruit topped by a radiate disk and dehiscent by pores immediately below — see opium poppy

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Papaver /pə-pāˈvər/

noun

The poppy genus, giving name to the family Papaverāˈceae

ORIGIN: L papāver the poppy

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papaveraceous /pə-pav- or -pāv-ə-rāˈshəs/ adjective

Of the poppy family

papaverine /pə-pavˈə-rēn, -rīn or -pāvˈ/ noun

An alkaloid derived from poppy juice and used medicinally

papaverous /-pavˈ or -pāvˈ/ adjective

Resembling or having the qualities of the poppy

Useful english dictionary. 2012.