papaver- +

(Latin: poppy; used in extended senses to mean "pertaining to, containing, or derived from opium")

papaver

A genus (the type of the family Papaveraceae) of chiefly bristly hairy herbs that contains the opium poppy.

papaveraceous

Referring to, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Papaveraceae) of which the poppy, the celandine, and the bloodroot are well-known examples.

papaveretum

A mixture of all of the alkaloids of the opium poppy and is better tolerated by dogs than morphine.

papaverine

A white, crystalline, nonnarcotic, alkaloidal powder, obtained from opium, but not a morphine derivative and not habit-forming or addicting; used in the treatment of spasms of involuntary muscles; especially, of the stomach, bronchi, and arteries.

papavero (s), papaveri (pl)

Poppy or poppies.

papaverous

Referring to, or pertaining to, the poppy; of the nature of the poppy.

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(Latin: poppy; used in extended senses to mean "pertaining to, containing, or derived from opium")

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