Opium Definition

ōpē-əm
noun
A yellow to dark brown, addicting, narcotic drug prepared from the juice of the unripe seed capsules of the opium poppy: it contains such alkaloids as morphine, codeine, and papaverine, and is used as an intoxicant and medicinally to relieve pain and produce sleep.
Webster's New World
Anything that has a tranquilizing or stupefying effect.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Opium

Noun

Singular:
opium
Plural:
-opia, opiums

Origin of Opium

  • Middle English from Latin from Greek opion diminutive of opos vegetable juice

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Opium Sentence Examples

  • Opium is mainly grown in Anatolia.

  • In the north the staple products for export are salt, grain, wool and cotton, in the south opium and cotton; while the imports consist of sugar, hardware and piece goods.

  • The government monopolies of opium and salt were then for the first time placed upon a remunerative basis.

  • Imports include woven goods, metals, ironware, machinery, tea, wines and spirits, mineral oils, opium, paper, and arms and powder.

  • This plain produces large quantities of indigo and opium, and is physically remarkable for the number of isolated conical hills which dot its surface.

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Words Starting With

OOPOPI

Words Ending With

MUMIUM

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Words Starting With O and Ending With M

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5 Letter Words5 Letter Words Starting With O5 Letter Words Ending With M