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单词 papaveraceous
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papaveraceousadj.

Brit. /pəˌpeɪvəˈreɪʃəs/, /pəˌpavəˈreɪʃəs/, U.S. /pəˌpævəˈreɪʃəs/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Papaveraceae , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Papaveraceae, family name (A. L. de Jussieu Genera Plantarum (1789) 235; < classical Latin papāver poppy (see papaverous adj.) + -aceae : see -aceous suffix) + -ous suffix. Compare French papaveracées, plural noun (Jussieu, 1789).
Botany.
Of, relating to, or designating the poppy family, Papaveraceae.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Papaveraceae (fumitory and allies) > [adjective]
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1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 29/2 Chelidonium, a small Papaveraceous genus, the only species of which..is commonly called Celandine.
1863 M. Howitt tr. F. Bremer Greece & Greeks I. viii. 260 A little golden yellow flower of the papaveraceous family.
1951 G. H. M. Lawrence Taxon. Vascular Plants ii. 516 The papaveraceous ovary.
1992 New Scientist 8 Feb. 44/1 The alkaloid sparteine is made..both by the pea-related lupins and the papaveraceous Chelidonium, the greater celandine.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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