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PAPAVER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Papaveraceae; chiefly bristly hairy herbs with usually showy flowers
Synonyms:
genus Papaver; Papaver
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Papaver" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "Papaver"):
Iceland poppy; Papaver alpinum (Old World alpine poppy with white or yellow to orange flowers)
Papaver californicum; western poppy (showy annual of California with red flowers)
Papaver argemone; prickly poppy (annual Old World poppy with orange-red flowers and bristly fruit)
arctic poppy; Iceland poppy; Papaver nudicaule (subarctic perennial poppy of both hemispheres having fragrant white or yellow to orange or peach flowers)
oriental poppy; Papaver orientale (commonly cultivated Asiatic perennial poppy having stiff heavily haired leaves and bright scarlet or pink to orange flowers)
corn poppy; field poppy; Flanders poppy; Papaver rhoeas (annual European poppy common in grain fields and often cultivated)
opium poppy; Papaver somniferum (southwestern Asian herb with greyish leaves and white or reddish flowers; source of opium)
Holonyms ("Papaver" is a member of...):
family Papaveraceae; Papaveraceae; poppy family (herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits)
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