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Definition of papaveraceous - 1 dictionary result

pa⋅pav⋅er⋅a⋅ceous

[puh-pav-uh-rey-shuhs]
–adjective
belonging to the Papaveraceae, the poppy family of plants.
Compare poppy family.


Origin:
1840–50; < NL, L papāver poppy + -aceous
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