opium poppy
noun
: an annual Eurasian poppy (Papaver somniferum) cultivated since antiquity as the source of opium, for its edible oily seeds, or for its showy flowers
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How fentanyl flooded into the illicit opioid market in the United States.
Unlike heroin, which is derived from the opium poppy, fentanyl is entirely synthesized in labs.
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Moises Velasquez-Manoff, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Image Situated in mountains that until a few years ago were blanketed with opium poppies, the plant used to make heroin, Alcozauca is an eight-hour drive from Mexico City, the last leg on spine-challenging washboard dirt roads.
—César Rodríguez For The New York Times, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
That shouldn’t have been surprising — poppy seeds, like the ones in Horton’s salad, are derived from the opium poppy plant and contain codeine.
—Shoshana Walter, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2024
Ancient Egyptians soothed their wounds with aloe-vera gel; morphine and codeine came from the opium poppy; Ozempic was inspired by a peptide in lizard venom.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
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Moises Velasquez-Manoff, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Image Situated in mountains that until a few years ago were blanketed with opium poppies, the plant used to make heroin, Alcozauca is an eight-hour drive from Mexico City, the last leg on spine-challenging washboard dirt roads.
—César Rodríguez For The New York Times, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
That shouldn’t have been surprising — poppy seeds, like the ones in Horton’s salad, are derived from the opium poppy plant and contain codeine.
—Shoshana Walter, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2024
Ancient Egyptians soothed their wounds with aloe-vera gel; morphine and codeine came from the opium poppy; Ozempic was inspired by a peptide in lizard venom.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
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“Opium poppy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/opium%20poppy. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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