papaveraceous

enUK Related to papaveraceous: Papaveraceae

papaveraceous

(pəˌpeɪvəˈreɪʃəs) adj (Plants) of, relating to, or belonging to the Papaveraceae, a family of plants having large showy flowers and a cylindrical seed capsule with pores beneath the lid: includes the poppies and greater celandine. Also (rare): papaverous [C19: from New Latin, from Latin papāver poppy]