Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - opium
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n. 1 a reddish-brown heavy-scented addictive drug prepared from the juice of the opium poppy, used in medicine as an analgesic and narcotic. 2 anything regarded as soothing or stupefying. Phrases and idioms opium den a haunt of opium-smokers. opium poppy a poppy, Papaver somniferum, native to Europe and E. Asia, with white, red, pink, or purple flowers. Etymology: ME f. L f. Gk opion poppy-juice f. opos juice ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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Opium is a powerful drug made from the seeds of a type of poppy. Opium is used in medicines that relieve pain or help someone sleep. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n a powerful illegal drug made from poppy seeds, that used to be used legally as a painkiller (- see also heroin) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1392, from L. opium, from Gk. opion "poppy juice, poppy," dim. of opos "vegetable juice." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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