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A flower that gives you morphine, names a war, and remembers the dead.
means A flowering plant of the genus Papaver, often bright red, whose seed pods yield opium and whose blooms have become a symbol of remembrance for the war dead.
from From Old English 'popig' or 'popæg,' itself drawn from a Vulgar Latin form of Latin 'papaver,' the Romans' name for the poppy. The root may echo something doubled or babbled — possibly imitating the sound of chewing the seeds, or simply an ancient word handed down with no clear story behind it. Its modern sorrowful fame comes much later: the red field poppies that bloomed over churned battlefields turned the flower into an emblem of mourning.
- opium source
- Latex from its pod becomes morphine, codeine, heroin
- war memory
- Bloomed across WWI battlefields, now symbols of remembrance
- fast bloomer
- Seeds can survive dormant in soil for decades
- kitchen legal
- Bagel seeds can trigger false drug tests
- sleep myth
- Greek god Hypnos crowned himself with poppies
opium poppy — papaver somniferum species produces morphine and codeine, primary source of legal and illegal opioids globally
red poppy flanders — papaver rhoeas became symbol of wwi remembrance after 1915 poem 'in flanders fields' by john mccrae
poppy day uk — annual november 11 commemoration where british wear red poppy pins to remember military fallen since wwi