Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The poppy family, an order of dicotyledonous polypetalous plants, of the cohort Parietales, distinguished by the two to three sepals, and minute embryo near the base of fleshy albumen. It includes about 80 species, in 24 genera, of which papaver is the type, nearly all from north temperate or subtropical regions. They are usually smooth herbs (often with a colored juice), covered with a grayish bloom or with long hairs. They bear alternate, generally lobed leaves, and conspicuous flowers, solitary upon long stalks with sepals which fall off at opening. By some authors this order is made to include the Fumariaceæ as a suborder.
Wiktionary
- n. A taxonomic family within the order Ranunculales — many plants related to the poppy.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A natural family of herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits.
WordNet 3.0
- n. herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits
Etymologies
- Papaver + -aceae (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Papaveraceae, Phloxoides and Statice, being the only plants; and perhaps this may be assumed as having no particular plant, all those enumerated being found below.”
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
“Boragineae, and Compositae; Papaveraceae are very common with Glaucium.”
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
“_Sanguinaria_ belongs to the Papaveraceae -- the poppy family. ”
“Now the blood of the Papaveraceae has a taint also; it is apt to have a narcotic quality. ”
“Corydalis vaginans (Papaveraceae [1]) [1] 3 Reaction and Specificity Catalyzed reaction (S) - N-methylcanadine + NADPH + H+ + O2 = allocryptopine + NADP+ + H2 O (stereo - and regiospecificity [1]) Reaction type oxidation redox reaction reduction Natural substrates and products S (S) - cis-N-methylcanadine + NADPH + O2”
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