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papaverous, a.|pəˈpeɪvərəs|
[f. as prec. + -ous.]
Pertaining to, resembling, or allied to the poppy; papaveraceous; fig. soporific.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vii. vii. (1686) 288 Mandrakes afford a papaverous and unpleasant odor. 1845Blackw. Mag. LVIII. 243 Papaverous volumes, with which only a superhuman endowment of vigilance could hope successfully to contend. 1874Blackie Self-Cult. 5 A botanist..will class a water-lily with the papaverous or poppy family. |