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poppy

noun as in opium

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Opioids include drugs such as heroin that come from the opium poppy plant, as well as synthetically-made substances like fentanyl.

From BBC

The mudstones, found in a dusty riverbed by Nasa's Perseverance Rover, are dotted with intriguing markings nicknamed leopard spots and poppy seeds.

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The field of poppies is dazzling; the additional deer, ants and rodents skittering across the golden sidewalk are simply strange.

Many humans are infected when they’re nipped by nymph ticks, a period in their life cycle when they’re roughly the size of a poppy seed and barely visible to the naked eye.

The result was thrown out — and never publicized — because O’Neal told officials he’d eaten a poppy seed muffin shortly before the test.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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