Crossword-Solution: PAPAVEROUS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Papaverous | a. | Of or pertaining to the poppy; of the nature of the poppy. |
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Hint 1 meaning
The apparent arc described, above or below the horizon, by the
sun or other celestial body. The diurnal arc is described during the
daytime, the nocturnal arc during the night.
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Sentences with PAPAVEROUS (5)
For Cromer may be the garden of sleep, but you shall find sleepier gardens and more papaverous poppies--Somewhere Else.
Sometimes it is morphine or the narcotic principle, that characterises the vegetable milk, as in some papaverous plants; sometimes it is caoutchouc, as in the hevea and the castilloa; sometimes albumen and caseum, as in the cow-tree.
Down! grim spectre, down! Flap not thy wings across my face, nor let Thy ghastly visage, horrible shadow! freeze My staring eye-balls! Let me fly, O Death! Thy chilling presence, and implore thy soft And merciful brother,[2] dewy Sleep, to drip Papaverous balsam on my eyes, and lull My throbbing temples on his lap to rest! * * * * * The day-spring reddens: the first few, faint streaks, Mingling and brightening o'er the eastern skies, Announce the upward chariot of the Sun.
PAPAVEROUS, pa-pav'[.e]r-us, _adj._ resembling or having the qualities of the poppy.--_adj._ PAPAVER[=A]'CEOUS, of or like 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.