Opium
WordNet
noun
(1) An addictive narcotic extracted from seed capsules of the opium poppy
WiktionaryText
Etymology
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Noun
- 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.
- Anything that numbs or stupefies.
- "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, . . . It is the opium of the people." - Karl Marx