opium poppy
opium poppy noun: papaver somniferum, the species of plant from which opium and poppy seeds are extracted.
Noun
opium poppy (plural opium poppies)
- Papaver somniferum, the species of plant from which opium and poppy seeds are extracted.
- Synonyms:
- breadseed poppy, sleep flower
opium poppy meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Pashto and Arabic
opium poppy in Tamil
- Papaver somniferum
- கசகசா kacakacā
opium poppy in Telugu
- opium poppy, Papaver somniferum
- నల్లమందు nallamandu
opium poppy in Pashto
- opium poppy
- كوكنار koknā́r
opium poppy in Arabic
- Papaver somniferum
- خَشْخَاش الْأَفْيُون ḵašḵāš al-ʔafyūn
More languagesFewer languages
- opium poppy in Persian
- خشخاش xašxâš, نارکوک nârkuk
- opium poppy in Vietnamese
- anh túc
Synonyms of opium poppy
Forms of opium poppy
| plural | opium poppies |
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Questions about opium poppy
- What does opium poppy mean?
- Opium poppy means papaver somniferum, the species of plant from which opium and poppy seeds are extracted.
- What is opium poppy in Tamil?
- Opium poppy in Tamil is கசகசா (kacakacā). See Opium poppy meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is opium poppy?
- Opium poppy is a noun.
- What is the plural of opium poppy?
- The plural of opium poppy is opium poppies.
Words near opium poppy in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: opium poppy (page history and authors); నల్లమందు (Telugu) (page history and authors); كوكنار (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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