opium poppy
noun
: an annual Eurasian poppy (Papaver somniferum) cultivated since antiquity as the source of opium, for its edible oily seeds, or for its showy flowers
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For decades, farmers in southern Afghanistan relied on opium poppies to make a living in their parched desert landscape.
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Carolyn Van Houten, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
Heroin in its natural form is found in the seed pod of opium poppy plants in parts of Asia, Mexico and Colombia, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
—Emilee Coblentz, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2024
Their soil is cold and bitter, terrible for vegetables but ideal for heroin’s raw ingredient: Papaver somniferum, the opium poppy.
—Patrick Winn, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2024
After the mid-18th century, when the British East India Co. was importing tea from China, few could have guessed that the industry would be revolutionized by a different plant: the opium poppy.
—Arun A.k., Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024
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Carolyn Van Houten, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
Heroin in its natural form is found in the seed pod of opium poppy plants in parts of Asia, Mexico and Colombia, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
—Emilee Coblentz, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2024
Their soil is cold and bitter, terrible for vegetables but ideal for heroin’s raw ingredient: Papaver somniferum, the opium poppy.
—Patrick Winn, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2024
After the mid-18th century, when the British East India Co. was importing tea from China, few could have guessed that the industry would be revolutionized by a different plant: the opium poppy.
—Arun A.k., Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024
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