opium

/ˈəʊpi.əm//ˈoʊpi.əm/

noun

  1. 1

    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.

  2. 2

    Anything that numbs or stupefies.

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