Phrase guide

opium poppy

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Papaver somniferum, the species of plant from which opium and poppy seeds are extracted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

southwestern Asian herb with greyish leaves and white or reddish flowers; source of opium

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Papaver somniferum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: poppy

History

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Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: خَشْخَاش الْأَفْيُون (ḵašḵāš al-ʔafyūn) — Papaver somniferum
  • Middle Armenian: խաշխաշ (xašxaš) — Papaver somniferum
  • Basque: lo-belar — Papaver somniferum
  • Belarusian: снатворны мак (snatvórny mak) — Papaver somniferum
  • Belarusian: відук (viduk) — Papaver somniferum
  • Catalan: cascall — Papaver somniferum
  • Catalan: pintacoques — Papaver somniferum
  • Esperanto: opiopapavo — Papaver somniferum
  • Esperanto: opipapavo — Papaver somniferum
  • Finnish: oopiumiunikko — Papaver somniferum
  • French: pavot somnifère — Papaver somniferum
  • French: pavot à opium — Papaver somniferum
  • French: pavot des jardins — Papaver somniferum
  • Galician: dormideira — Papaver somniferum
  • German: Schlafmohn — Papaver somniferum
  • Greek: αφιόνι (afióni) — Papaver somniferum
  • Ancient Greek: μήκων (mḗkōn) — Papaver somniferum
  • Hungarian: kerti mák — Papaver somniferum
  • Irish: lus an chodlata — Papaver somniferum
  • Italian: papavero da oppio — Papaver somniferum
  • Kazakh: апиын көкнәр (apiyn köknär) — Papaver somniferum
  • Norwegian Bokmål: opiumsvalmue — Papaver somniferum
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: opiumsvalmue — Papaver somniferum
  • Persian: خشخاش (xašxâš) — Papaver somniferum
  • Persian: نارکوک (nârkuk) — Papaver somniferum
  • Polish: mak lekarski — Papaver somniferum
  • Portuguese: dormideira — Papaver somniferum
  • Romanian: mac de grădină — Papaver somniferum
  • Romanian: somnișor — Papaver somniferum
  • Romanian: afion — Papaver somniferum
  • Russian: мак о́пийный (mak ópijnyj) — Papaver somniferum
  • Russian: мак снотво́рный (mak snotvórnyj) — Papaver somniferum
  • Sicilian: cucuzzeḍḍa 'i sonnu — Papaver somniferum
  • Slovak: mak siaty — Papaver somniferum
  • Spanish: adormidera — Papaver somniferum
  • Swedish: opievallmo — Papaver somniferum
  • Swedish: opiumvallmo — Papaver somniferum
  • Swedish: fjädervallmo — Papaver somniferum
  • Tamil: கசகசா (kacakacā) — Papaver somniferum
  • Turkish: haşhaş — Papaver somniferum
  • Vietnamese: anh túc — Papaver somniferum
  • Welsh: llysiau cwsg — Papaver somniferum
  • Welsh: pabi opiwm — Papaver somniferum