Poppy
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A poppy is a flowering plant in the subfamily Papaveroideae of the family Papaveraceae. Poppies are herbaceous plants, often grown for their colourful flowers. One species of poppy, Papaver somniferum
Poppies on Lake Geneva, Montreux
A close-up of a red-flowered poppy
Wild poppy in Behbahan
Wild poppy in Harrietsham, Kent, England
Opium
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Opium is the dried latex obtained from the seed capsules of the opium poppy Papaver somniferum. Approximately 12 percent of opium is made up of the analgesic alkaloid morphine, which is processed chem
Poppy
…are herbaceous plants, often grown for their colourful flowers. One species of poppy, Papaver somniferum, is the source of the narcotic drug mixture opium, which contains powerful medicinal alkaloids such as morphine and has been used since ancient times as an analgesic and narcotic medicinal and recreational…
Opium poppy seed pod exuding latex from a cut
Poppy crop from the Malwa in India (probably Papaver somniferum var. album)
Goddess of Ecstasy figurine from Crete, dated around the Late Bronze Age
Opium users in Java during the Dutch colonial period, c. 1870