Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the Papaveraceæ or to the poppy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural family of plants (
Papaveraceae ) of which the poppy, the celandine, and the bloodroot are well-known examples.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the
poppy familyPapaveraceae .
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Characteristic of, related to, or resembling the poppy; papaveraceous.
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