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papaverous

/pəˈpævəɹəs/

papaverous adjective: of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the poppy.

Adjective

papaverous (comparative more papaverous, superlative most papaverous)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the poppy.
    • Now instead of a smell of Delight our Mandrakes afford a papaverous and unpleasant odor, whether in the leaf or apple, as is discoverable in their simplicity or mixture.1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
    • The morphology of stamens and carpels of the crucifer flower as well as their anatomy bears testimony to a papaverous ancestry.1988, Subhash C. Datta, Systematic Botany, New Age International, →ISBN, page 259
  2. (figuratively) Inducing sleep; soporific.
    • He reduced the chaos of Smith to some order, and his style is sufficiently classical, but not the less prolix and papaverous on that account.1837 April, “The Tuckahoe”, in Southern Literary Messenger, page 235
    • "Then," said Mr. Eupheme, smiling benevolently, "the papaverous influences of Somnus or Morpheus deprived you of the advantage of ascertaining the modus operandi used in conducting an examination."1841, Theodore Hook, editor, Peter Priggins, The College Scout, volume III, Henry Colburn, page 104

papaverous meaning in Tamil

papaverous in Tamil

கசகசாச் செடிபோன்ற, கசகசாச் செடிக்கு இனமான

Examples of papaverous in a sentence

  • The mountains are dry and brown and so remote that not even helicopters fly overhead, spraying their poison over papaverous hillsides.2005, Mack Friedman, Setting the Lawn on Fire, University of Wisconsin Press, →ISBN, page 139:
  • At any rate he it was probably first diffused in Trinity the papaverous air which still exists there.1860, anonymous author, Narragansett; or, The Plantations: A story of 177—, volume II, Chapman and Hall, page 26:
  • But why are the heaven-bathed souls consumed by the yearning to sleep, to embrace the narcotic, papaverous hymns of Orpheus to Night and Sleep, to leave being for becoming?2004, Michael J. B. Allen, “Life as a Dead Platonist”, in Michael J. B. Allen, Valery Rees, Martin Davies, editors, Marsilio Ficino: His...

Forms of papaverous

comparativemore papaverous
superlativemost papaverous

Origin of papaverous

From Latin papāver + -ous.

Questions about papaverous

What does papaverous mean?
Papaverous means of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the poppy.
What is papaverous in Tamil?
Papaverous in Tamil is கசகசாச் செடிபோன்ற, கசகசாச் செடிக்கு இனமான. See Papaverous meaning in Tamil.
How do you use papaverous in a sentence?
The mountains are dry and brown and so remote that not even helicopters fly overhead, spraying their poison over papaverous hillsides.
What part of speech is papaverous?
Papaverous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce papaverous?
Papaverous is pronounced /pəˈpævəɹəs/.

Words near papaverous in the dictionary

  1. papaveretum
  2. papaverin
  3. papaverine
  4. papaverines
  5. papaveroline
  6. papaverous
  7. papaverrubine
  8. papaverrubines
  9. papavers
  10. papaw
  11. papaws

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