English Explanatory Dictionary

morphine alkaloid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A group of about twenty closely related compounds obtained from the dried latex that exudes from the seed capsule of the opium poppy Papaver somniferum.

Word forms

morphine alkaloid morphine alkaloids

Synonyms

opium alkaloid

Related words

berberine codeine hydrastine morphine narceine narcotine papaverine sanguinarine thebaine

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