OPIUM


Meaning of OPIUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈəupjəm ]

n. 1 a reddish-brown heavy-scented addictive drug prepared from the juice of the opium poppy, used in medicine as an analgesic and narcotic. 2 anything regarded as soothing or stupefying. øopium den a haunt of opium-smokers. opium poppy a poppy, Papaver somniferum, native to Europe and E. Asia, with white, red, pink, or purple flowers. [ME f. L f. Gk opion poppy-juice f. opos juice]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.