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opium

The correct spelling is opium.

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noun

IPA: /ˈəʊpi.əm/

Say it like: Opiu-m

The correct spelling is opium. 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,…

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Definition

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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