Opium

noun

/ˈəʊpi.əm/

Word Frequency: 3.7

Definitions

1.nounA 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.nounAnything that numbs or stupefies.

Synonyms

heroin opiate eater cultivation poppy the narcotic laudanum paregoric morphine dope hop

Rhymes With

europium

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