papaveráceo, a.
(Of thelat. )(do pap? see, poppy).
1. adj. Bot. It is said of dicotyledonous flowering plants, with acrid juice and foul-smelling, leaves alternate, more or less divided and without stipules; never blue regular flowers, and capsular fruit with many tiny, oleaginous seeds and albumen fleshy; e.g. the opium poppy, poppy and the zadorija. U t. c. s.
2. f. pl. Bot. These plant family.
ORTOGR. ESCR. with may. initial.
