PAPAVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Papaver mean? 

• PAPAVER (noun)
  The noun PAPAVER has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Papaveraceae; chiefly bristly hairy herbs with usually showy flowers

  Familiarity information: PAPAVER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAPAVER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Papaveraceae; chiefly bristly hairy herbs with usually showy flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Papaver; Papaver

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)

 Context examples 

An opiate alkaloid isolated from the plant Papaver somniferum and produced synthetically.

(Morphine, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydrochloride salt of a diacetyl derivative of the opiate morphine, a naturally occurring alkaloid extracted from the seedpod of the Asian poppy (Papaver sp.).

(Diacetylmorphine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

The sulfate salt of morphine, an opiate alkaloid isolated from the plant Papaver somniferum and produced synthetically.

(Morphine sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

Also known as Laudanum and formulated for oral administration, Opium tincture is made of air-dried poppy (Papaver somniferum) latex and contains alkaloids such as morphine and codeine.

(Opium Tincture, NCI Thesaurus)

A phthalide isoquinoline non-narcotic alkaloid derived from the opium poppy Papaver somniferum, with mild analgesic, antitussive, and potential antineoplastic activities.

(Noscapine, NCI Thesaurus)

The orally available hydrochloride salt of the opioid agonist noscapine, a phthalideisoquinoline alkaloid derived from the opium poppy Papaver somniferum, with mild analgesic, antitussive, and potential antineoplastic activities.

(Noscapine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Functionally related to the poppy (Papaver somniferum) alkaloid morphine, natural or synthetic Opiates have widespread effects in the central nervous system, and on smooth muscle, due to activation of specific delta, mu, and kappa opiate receptors (each controlling different brain functions).

(Opiate, NCI Thesaurus)