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In some senses, papaverous is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.
ADJ.
over, unpleasant
VERB + PAPAVEROUS
afford, mandrakes, poison
PAPAVEROUS + NOUN
ancestry, hillsides, odor
adj
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the poppy.
Now instead of a smell of Delight our Mandrakes afford a papaverous and unpleasant odor, whether in the leaf or apple, as is discoverable in their simplicity or mixture.
The morphology of stamens and carpels of the crucifer flower as well as their anatomy bears testimony to a papaverous ancestry.
Inducing sleep; soporific.
He reduced the chaos of Smith to some order, and his style is sufficiently classical, but not the less prolix and papaverous on that account.
"Then," said Mr. Eupheme, smiling benevolently, "the papaverous influences of Somnus or Morpheus deprived you of the advantage of ascertaining the modus operandi used in conducting an examination."
Now instead of a smell of Delight our Mandrakes afford a papaverous and unpleasant odor, whether in the leaf or apple, as is discoverable in their simplicity or mixture.
WiktionaryThe morphology of stamens and carpels of the crucifer flower as well as their anatomy bears testimony to a papaverous ancestry.
WiktionaryThe mountains are dry and brown and so remote that not even helicopters fly overhead, spraying their poison over papaverous hillsides.
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In some senses, papaverous is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.