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Papaver Somniferum

Definition: Papaver Somniferum

Papaver Somniferum

Noun

1. Southwestern Asian herb with grayish leaves and white or reddish flowers; source of opium.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonym: Papaver Somniferum

Synonym: opium poppy (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Papaver Somniferum

Non-English Usage: "Papaver Somniferum" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (garden poppy, opuim poppy, poppies, poppy, white poppy).

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Papaver Somniferum

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

papaver somniferum

94

papaver somniferum seed

14

growing papaver somniferum

3

cultivation papaver somniferum

3

l papaver somniferum

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Papaver Somniferum

Language Translations for "Papaver somniferum"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

valmue (garden poppy, opium poppy, opuim poppy, poppy, poppy plant, white poppy), opiumvalmue (opium poppy, poppy, poppy plant), opiumsvalmue (garden poppy, opium poppy, opuim poppy, poppy, poppy plant, white poppy), opiatvalmue (garden poppy, opium poppy, opuim poppy, poppy, poppy plant, white poppy). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Papaver somniferum (opium poppy, poppy, poppy plant), slaappaver (opium poppy, poppy, poppy plant), slaapbol (garden poppy, opium poppy, opuim poppy, poppy, poppy plant, white poppy), heulbol (garden poppy, opium poppy, opuim poppy, poppy, poppy plant, white poppy), blauwmaanzaad (opium poppy, poppy, poppy plant, poppy seed). (various references)

   

French

  

pavot somnifère, pavot, Papaver somniferum, oeillette. (various references)

   

German

  

Papaver somniferum (opium poppy, poppy, poppy plant), Schlafmohn (garden poppy, opium poppy, opuim poppy, poppy, poppy plant, white poppy), Mohn (garden poppy, opium poppy, opuim poppy, poppy, poppy plant, poppy seed, white poppy). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

papaver somniferum (opium poppy, poppy, poppy plant), μήκων η υπνοφόρος (opium poppy, poppy, poppy plant), παπαρούνα (corn-poppy, opium poppy, poopy, poppy, poppy plant, red poppy), χασκάσι (opium poppy, poppy, poppy plant). (various references)

   

Italian

  

papavero (corn-poppy, garden poppy, opium poppy, opuim poppy, poppy, poppy plant, red poppy, white poppy), Papaver sonniferum (opium poppy, poppy, poppy plant). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

apaverpay omniferumsay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

papoila dormideira (opium poppy, poppy, poppy plant), Papaver somniferum (opium poppy, poppy, poppy plant), album (opium poppy, poppy, poppy plant). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

planta de opio (opium poppy, poppy, poppy plant), adormidera (garden poppy, opium poppy, opuim poppy, poppy, poppy plant, white poppy). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Alternative Orthography: Papaver Somniferum


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 61 70 61 76 65 72      53 6F 6D 6E 69 66 65 72 75 6D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01100001 01110000 01100001 01110110 01100101 01110010 00100000 01010011 01101111 01101101 01101110 01101001 01100110 01100101 01110010 01110101 01101101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#97 &#112 &#97 &#118 &#101 &#114 &#32 &#83 &#111 &#109 &#110 &#105 &#102 &#101 &#114 &#117 &#109

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0061 0070 0061 0076 0065 0072      0053 006F 006D 006E 0069 0066 0065 0072 0075 006D

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

50678267887184253817980757271848779

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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