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pavot

le pavot (FR N-M) flowering plant, commonly known as the poppy (Papaveracea) cultivated for its ornamental blossoms and its seeds, certain varieties of which contain opium. First appears in French in 1260, (1175) pavo, from Latin papavus, papaver. (Eluard) See papveracées.

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