- Papaver
- nountype 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-\ nounUsage: capitalized: 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* * *
Papaver /pə-pāˈvər/nounThe poppy genus, giving name to the family PapaverāˈceaeORIGIN: L papāver the poppy• • •papaveraceous /pə-pav- or -pāv-ə-rāˈshəs/ adjectiveOf the poppy familypapaverine /pə-pavˈə-rēn, -rīn or -pāvˈ/ nounAn alkaloid derived from poppy juice and used medicinallypapaverous /-pavˈ or -pāvˈ/ adjectiveResembling or having the qualities of the poppy
Useful english dictionary. 2012.