papaveraceous

[ puh-pav-uh-rey-shuhs ]

adjective
  1. belonging to the Papaveraceae, the poppy family of plants.

Origin of papaveraceous

1
1840–50; <New Latin, Latin papāverpoppy + -aceous

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British Dictionary definitions for papaveraceous

papaveraceous

/ (pəˌpeɪvəˈreɪʃəs) /


adjective
  1. 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

Origin of papaveraceous

1
C19: from New Latin, from Latin papāver poppy

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