| Boston opium | Opium so diluted after importation as barely to meet the official requirements. Synonym: pudding opium. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| granulated opium | Opium dried and reduced to a coarse powder; it contains 10 to 10.5% anhydrous morphine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gum opium | <chemistry> The inspissated juice of the Papaver somniferum, or white poppy. Opium is obtained from incisions made in the capsules of the plant, and the best flows from the first incision. It is imported into Europe and America chiefly from the Levant, and large quantities are sent to China from India, Persia, and other countries. It is of a brownish yellow colour, has a faint smell, and bitter and acrid taste. It is a stimulant narcotic poison, which may produce hallicinations, profound sleep, or death. It is much used in medicine to soothe pain and inflammation, and is smoked as an intoxicant with baneful effects. Opium joint, a low resort of opium smokers. Origin: L, fr. Gr. Poppy juice, dim. Of vegetable juice. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| powdered opium | Dried and finely powdered opium containing 10% morphine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pudding opium | Opium so diluted after importation as barely to meet the official requirements. Synonym: pudding opium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deodorised opium | Denarcotised opium, powdered opium treated with purified petroleum benzine which removes certain nauseating and odourous constituents. (05 Mar 2000) |
| opium | <chemistry> The inspissated juice of the Papaver somniferum, or white poppy. Opium is obtained from incisions made in the capsules of the plant, and the best flows from the first incision. It is imported into Europe and America chiefly from the Levant, and large quantities are sent to China from India, Persia, and other countries. It is of a brownish yellow colour, has a faint smell, and bitter and acrid taste. It is a stimulant narcotic poison, which may produce hallicinations, profound sleep, or death. It is much used in medicine to soothe pain and inflammation, and is smoked as an intoxicant with baneful effects. Opium joint, a low resort of opium smokers. Origin: L, fr. Gr. Poppy juice, dim. Of vegetable juice. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |