Complete Definition of "opium"

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Noun
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  1. A yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine.
  2. Anything that numbs or stupefies.

#*"Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, . . . It is the opium of the people." - w:Karl Marx

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trans-top|drug from opium poppy
German: t-|de|Opium|n
Icelandic: t-|is|ópíum|n
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Romanian: t-|ro|opiu|n
Spanish: t-|es|opio|n
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Category:Pharmaceutical drugs
Category:Recreational drugs

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