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Papaver
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Pa-pa′ver
,Noun.
[L., poppy.]
(Bot.)
A genus of plants, including the poppy.
Definition 2024
Papaver
Papaver
See also: papaver
Translingual
Proper noun
Papaver n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Papaveraceae – the poppies.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots - clades; Ranunculales - order; Papaveraceae - family; Papaveroideae - subfamily; Papavereae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Papaver sect. Argemonidium, Papaver sect. Carinatae, Papaver sect. Californicum, Papaver sect. Horrida, Papaver sect. Macrantha, Papaver sect. Meconidium, Papaver sect. Meconella, Papaver sect. Papaver, Papaver sect. Pilosa, Papaver sect. Rhoeadium - sections
- Papaver somniferum - type species; Papaver alboroseum, Papaver alpinum, Papaver argemone, Papaver atlanticum, Papaver bivalve, Papaver bracteatum, Papaver californicum, Papaver chakassicum, Papaver commutatum, Papaver croceum, Papaver dahlianum, Papaver decaisnei, Papaver degenii, Papaver dubium, Papaver fugax, Papaver glaucum, Papaver gorgoneum, Papaver gorodkovii, Papaver gracile, Papaver heterophyllum, Papaver hybridum, Papaver kluanense, Papaver lapponicum, Papaver macounii, Papaver mcconnellii, Papaver nudicaule, Papaver orientale, Papaver pavoninum, Papaver pilosum, Papaver pseudo-orientale, Papaver pygmaeum, Papaver radicatum, Papaver refractum, Papaver rhoeas, Papaver rupifragum, Papaver schinzeanum, Papaver sendtneri, Papaver setigerum, Papaver umbonatum, Papaver walpolei - species
References
- ↑ Erhardt, Walter & Götz, Erich & Bödeker, Nils & Seybold, Siegmund, Zander. Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. Dictionary of plant names. Dictionnaire des noms de plantes, Ulmer, 2000.
- ↑ Hyam, Roger & Pankhurst, Richard, Plants and their Names. A Concise Dictionary, Oxford University Press, US, 1995.
papaver
papaver
See also: Papaver
Latin
Etymology
A reduplicated form of the imitative root *pap (“to swell”).
Some have tried to link it to pāscō (“to feed”).[1].
Alternative forms
Noun
papāver n
- poppy
- 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita libri 1.54
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Summa papaverum capita dicitur baculo decussisse.
- It is said that he struck off the heads of the tallest poppies with a stick.
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Summa papaverum capita dicitur baculo decussisse.
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- seed
- Tertullian, de Praescriptione Haereticorum, 35
- De papavere ficus gratissimae et suavissimae ventosa et vana caprificus exsurgit
- From the seed of the most delicious and grateful fig branches out the useless and deceptive wild fig.
- De papavere ficus gratissimae et suavissimae ventosa et vana caprificus exsurgit
- Tertullian, de Praescriptione Haereticorum, 35
- accusative singular of papāver
- vocative singular of papāver
Usage notes
Anteclassically, papāver was masculine.
Inflection
Third declension neuter.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | papāver | papāvera |
genitive | papāveris | papāverum |
dative | papāverī | papāveribus |
accusative | papāver | papāvera |
ablative | papāvere | papāveribus |
vocative | papāver | papāvera |
Synonyms
Derived terms
- papāverātus
- papāverculum
- papāvereus
Descendants
References
- papaver in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- papaver in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “papaver”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.