Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The poppy family, an order of dicotyledonous polypetalous plants, of the cohort Parietales, distinguished by the two to three sepals, and minute embryo near the base of fleshy albumen.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A natural family of herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits.
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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within theorder Ranunculales — many plants related to thepoppy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits
Etymologies
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Examples
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Papaveraceae, Phloxoides and Statice, being the only plants; and perhaps this may be assumed as having no particular plant, all those enumerated being found below.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Boragineae, and Compositae; Papaveraceae are very common with Glaucium.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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_Sanguinaria_ belongs to the Papaveraceae -- the poppy family. '
A Red Wallflower Susan Warner 1852
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Now the blood of the Papaveraceae has a taint also; it is apt to have a narcotic quality. '
A Red Wallflower Susan Warner 1852
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Corydalis vaginans (Papaveraceae [1]) [1] 3 Reaction and Specificity Catalyzed reaction (S) - N-methylcanadine + NADPH + H+ + O2 = allocryptopine + NADP+ + H2 O (stereo - and regiospecificity [1]) Reaction type oxidation redox reaction reduction Natural substrates and products S (S) - cis-N-methylcanadine + NADPH + O2
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