Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The seeds of the opium-poppy, Papaver somniferum: so called from being used as food for cage-birds, especially when molting.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) The seed of the opium poppy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
seed of theopium poppy .
Etymologies
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Compare German Magsamen.
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Examples
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The seeds of the white Poppy are known us mawseed, or balewort, and are given as food to singing birds.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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