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The correct spelling is opium.
How to pronounce opium
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.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.Anything that numbs or stupefies.
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