Medical Dictionary

Papaver

noun Pa·pa·ver \pə-ˈpav-ər, -ˈpāv-\

Medical Definition of PAPAVER

:  a genus (the type of the family Papaveraceae) of chiefly bristly hairy herbs that includes the opium poppy (P. somniferum)

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