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Poppy
A
poppy
is a
flowering plant
in the subfamily
Papaveroideae
of the family
Papaveraceae
. Poppies are herbaceous plants, often grown for their colorful flowers. One species of poppy,
Papaver somniferum
, produces
edible seeds
and is also the source of the crude drug
opium
which contains powerful medicinal
alkaloids
such as
morphine
and has been used since ancient times as an
analgesic
and a source of
narcotic
,
medicinal
and
recreational
drugs
. Following the
trench warfare
which took place in the poppy fields of
Flanders
, during the
1st World War
, poppies have become a symbol of
remembrance
of soldiers who have died during wartime.
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