opium : Idioms & Phrases

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camphorated tincture of opium

  • noun medicine used to treat diarrhea
    paregoric.
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Lettuce opium

  • . See Lactucarium.
Webster 1913

opium addict

  • noun someone addicted to opium
    opium addict.
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opium den

  • noun a building where opium is sold and used
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Opium joint

  • a low resort of opium smokers. Slang
Webster 1913

opium poppy

  • noun southwestern Asian herb with greyish leaves and white or reddish flowers; source of opium
    Papaver somniferum.
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opium taker

  • noun someone addicted to opium
    opium addict.
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tincture of opium

  • noun narcotic consisting of an alcohol solution of opium or any preparation in which opium is the main ingredient
    laudanum.
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Wine of opium

  • (Pharm.), a solution of opium in aromatized sherry wine, having the same strength as ordinary laudanum; also Sydenham's laudanum.
Webster 1913