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- a herbaceous plant with showy flowers, milky sap, and rounded seed capsules. Many poppies contain alkaloids and are a source of drugs such as morphine and codeine.罂粟。
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- Papaver and other genera, family Papaveraceae (the poppy family): many species, including the wild red-flowered corn poppy (P. rhoeas). The poppy family also includes the corydalis, greater celandine, and bloodroot.罂粟属及其他属, 罂粟科:多种, 包括野生开红花的虞美人(拉丁名P. rhoeas)。罂粟科也包括紫堇、白屈菜和美洲血根草。
派生词
poppied
adjective词源
Old English popig, papæg, from a medieval Latin alteration of Latin papaver.