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词汇 opium-poppy
释义 opium poppy
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈəʊ.pi.əm ˌpɒp.i/ us /ˈoʊ.pi.əm ˌpɑː.pi/
an Asian plant whose seeds are used to make opium (= a drug that is used to control pain or to help people sleep, or as an illegal drug for pleasure):
The new government has ordered farmers to stop planting opium poppies.
They supplement their income by growing opium poppies.
See also
poppy
Some of the villagers grow opium poppies as a cash crop.
They produce the drug at home from opium poppies that grow wild in the countryside.
The authorities believe that production of opium poppies will increase dramatically in the coming years.
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