opium
IPA: ˈoʊpiʌm
noun
- (uncountable) 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.
- (by extension, countable) Anything that numbs or stupefies.
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Examples of "opium" in Sentences
- The opium poppy was grown to obtain opium.
- The writer was, at the time, addicted to opium.
- The Opium policy of Qing was an abject failure.
- Arthur was horrified by the impact of the opium trade.
- The majority of drug users in Iran are addicted to opium.
- An opiate is any of the narcotic alkaloids found in opium.
- Opium at the time was the equivalent of a prescription drug.
- The principal active ingredient in paregoric is powdered opium.
- Their eyes glitter with the dreamy, manic light of opium and dravana.
- An opium pipe is a pipe designed for the vaporization and inhalation of opium.
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