papaver — meaning in English
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English meaning
- poppy noun A plant with delicate, often bright red petals, some varieties of which are the source of opium.
Senses
papaver is used for these senses in English:
- poppy Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially a common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.
poppy — full definition
- noun A plant with delicate, often bright red petals, some varieties of which are the source of opium.
- noun A small red paper or fabric flower worn to remember soldiers who died in war.
- adj Having the bright orange-red colour of a poppy flower.