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poppy oil(medicine)
sea poppy(medicine)
poppy(dictionary)
poppy(1)(dictionary)
poppy(2)(dictionary)
poppy(dictionary)
poppy family(encyclopedia)
poppy (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
opium poppy(encyclopedia)

synodical (iou) and poppy oil (medicine)


synodical (iou)



synodical adjective. M16.
[formed as SYNODIC: see -ICAL.]
Ecclesiastical. Enacted or made by or at a synod. M16.
Ecclesiastical. Of the Nature of a synod. M16.
Astronomy. = SYNODIC 2. E17.

poppy oil (medicine)


poppy oil


A fixed (drying) oil expressed from the seed of Papaver somniferum; sometimes used in the preparation of liniments and as a solvent of iodine in iodised oil.