Look up: Opium

1. opium
   [n] - an addictive narcotic extracted from seed capsules of the opium poppy
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2. Opium
   Addictive narcotic drug extracted from the seed capsules of the opium poppy.
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3. Opium
   Opium: An addictive narcotic drug derived from the unripe seedpods of the opium poppy. Preparations of opium were called laudanum. Derivatives of laudanum include paregoric (a drug to treat diarrhea), morphine and heroin. For centuries, opium was used as a painkiller in the Middle and Far East. It g...
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4. opium
   Coagulated juice of the opium poppy Category: General
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5. Opium
   O'pi·um noun [ Latin , from Greek ... poppy juice, dim. of ... vegetable juice.] (Chemistry) The inspissated juice of the Papaver somniferum , or white poppy. » Opium is obtained from incisions made in the capsules of the plant, and t...
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6. opium
   <chemistry> The inspissated juice of the Papaver somniferum, or white poppy. ... Opium is obtained from incisions made in the capsules of the plant, and the best flows from the first incision. It is imported into Europe and America chiefly from the Levant, and large quantities are sent to Chin...
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7. opium
   noun an addictive narcotic extracted from seed capsules of the opium poppy
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8. opium
   (o´pe-әm) the air-dried milky exudation from unripe capsules of Papaver somniferum and P.album (the opium poppies). It contains some 25 alkaloids, the most important being codeine, morphine (from which heroin is derived), noscapine, papaverine, and thebaine, all of which can be used for their narcotic and analgesic effe...
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9. Opium
   • (n.) The inspissated juice of the Papaver somniferum, or white poppy.
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10. opium
    narcotic drug that is obtained from the unripe seedpods of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum), a plant of the family Papaveraceae. (See poppy.) ... [26 related articles]
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11. opium
    opium, substance derived by collecting and drying the milky juice in the unripe seed pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum. Opium varies in color from yellow to dark brown and has a characteristic odor and a bitter taste. Its chief active principle is the alkaloid morphine, a narcotic. Other c...
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12. Opium
    Opium is the dried, milky juice (latex) of unripe capsules of the white poppy also known as the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum), a plant probably indigenous in the south of Europe and western Asia, but now so widely cultivated that its original habitat is uncertain.
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13. opium
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ō′pē-ŭm Definitions: 1. The air-dried milky exudation obtained by incising the unripe capsules of Papaver somniferum (family Papaveraceae) or the variant, P. album. Contains some 20 alkaloids, including morphine, noscapine, codeine, papaverine, and theb...
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14. opium
    Drug extracted from the unripe seeds of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) of southwestern Asia. An addictive narcotic, it contains several alkaloids, including morphine, one of the most powerful natural painkillers and addictive narcotics known, and codeine, a milder painkiller, which are referred to as opiates. Heroin is a sy...
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15. opium
    addictive narcotic drug made from the dried juice of the opium poppy. John Jasper was an opium addict in The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
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16. Opium
    `Opium` (`poppy tears`, lachryma papaveris) is the dried latex obtained from the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum). Opium contains up to 12% morphine, an alkaloid, which is frequently processed chemically to produce heroin for the illegal drug trade. The latex also includes codeine and ...
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17. Opium
    (album) `Opium` is the debut album by KMFDM released in 1984. There were only 200 cassette copies made. The album was re-released in 2002 by KMFDM Records. It was originally recorded in Hamburg, Germany. Opium is one of only two KMFDM studio albums (Nihil being the other)...
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18. Opium
    (perfume) `Opium` is an Oriental-spicy--> perfume created for fashion brand page = 236 -->--> Its top Note (perfumery)|notes are a mixture of fruit and spices, with mandarin orange, plum, clove, coriander and pepper,<ref name=Groom_236/> as well as bay leaf.<ref name=Moran/> Its ...
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19. Opium
    (Moonspell song) "`Opium`" is the name of a song by the band Moonspell. It is from the album Irreligious and was released as a single. The end of the song has a quote from one of Fernando Pessoa`s heteronyms, Álvaro de Campos, from his poem Opiário. Track listing of the...
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20. Opium
    (Serebro song) Опиум (Opioom (or Opium in English)) is the third released single by Russian girl band Serebro. Given to its order of release, the song is nicknamed "Song #3" after its predecessors "Song #1" and "Song #2" (Дыши). This ...
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