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Species of herbaceous plant native to Turkey, and from which the narcotics opium, morphine, codeine, and heroin are derived from the milky fluid found in its unripe seed capsule. It is also a common garden annual, valued for its showy blue-purple or white flowers. It is also grown for its tiny black or bluish, kidney-shaped, non-narcotic ripe seeds, used in bakery products, seasoning, oil, and birdseed.

Ubicación jerarquía

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