opium
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
opium/ˈəʊpiəm/
▶noun
- 1 an addictive drug prepared from the juice of a poppy (Papaver somniferum), used illicitly as a narcotic and occasionally in medicine as an analgesic.
- 2 something inducing a false sense of contentment.
– origin ME: via L. from Gk opion ‘poppy juice’.
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