A2 noun #1,042 most common

opium

UK /ˈəʊpi.əm/ | US /ˈəʊpi.əm/

A yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine.

opium in 30 Seconds

  • (noun) A yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine.
  • (noun) Anything that numbs or stupefies.

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun A yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine.
  2. 2
    noun Anything that numbs or stupefies.
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