papaver

n. genus of flowering plants that includes the poppy family (Botany)

Papaver is a genus of poppies, belonging to the Poppy family (Papaveraceae).Its 120-odd species include the opium poppy and corn poppy. These are annual, biennial and perennial hardy, frost-tolerant plants growing natively in the temperate climates of Eurasia, Africa and North America (Canada, Alaska, Rocky Mountains). One section of the genus (Section Meconella) has an alpine and circumpolar arctic distribution and includes some of the most northerly-growing vascular land plants.
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Noun
1. type genus of the Papaveraceae; chiefly bristly hairy herbs with usually showy flowers
(synonym) genus Papaver
(hypernym) dilleniid dicot genus
(member-holonym) Papaveraceae, family Papaveraceae, poppy family
(member-meronym) Iceland poppy, Papaver alpinum

n. poppy

(n.)
A genus of plants, including the poppy.