Opium
/ˈoʊpiəm/
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Definition
(noun) A yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine.
Sentence Examples
Religion is the opium of the people.
Neither wine, nor opium, nor tobacco are necessary for people’s lives.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Historically, ____ was used as a painkiller before modern anesthetics were developed.