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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 36. Chapters: Papaver, Papaveraceae genera, Poppy seed, Opium poppy, Remembrance poppy, Bloodroot, Papaver rhoeas, Chelidonium, Dicentra, White poppy, Glaucium flavum, Argemone, Papaver nudicaule, Papaver orientale, Corydalis, Argemone mexicana, Papaver alpinum, Meconopsis, Papaver bracteatum, Stylophorum diphyllum, Eschscholzia, Romneya coulteri, Arctomecon, Platystemon, Fumaria, Ichtyoselmis macrantha, Shirley Poppy, Dendromecon rigida, Arctomecon californica, Arctomecon humilis, Adlumia fungosa, Argemone pleiacantha, Nepal poppy, Papaver dahlianum, Sarcocapnos, Macleaya cordata, Papaver californicum, Welsh poppy, Hunnemannia, Dactylicapnos, Papaver argemone, Meconella, Arctomecon merriamii, Meconopsis villosa, Meconella denticulata, Argemone munita, Meconopsis betonicifolia, Argemone corymbosa, Eomecon, Dicranostigma, Dendromecon harfordii, Hylomecon, Stylomecon, Pseudofumaria, Meconopsis aculeata, Papaver radicatum, Meconopsis simplicifolia, Papaver umbonatum, Ehrendorferia, Pteridophyllum, Bocconia, Papaver atlanticum, Canbya, Corydalis elegans, Papaver lateritium. Excerpt: Poppy seed is an oilseed obtained from the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum). The tiny kidney-shaped seeds have been harvested from dried seed pods by various civilizations for thousands of years. The seeds are used, whole or ground, as an ingredient in many foods, and they are pressed to yield poppyseed oil. The Sumerians already grew them; and the seed is mentioned in ancient medical texts from many civilizations. For instance, the Egyptian papyrus scroll named Ebers Papyrus, written ca. 1550 BC, lists poppy seed as a sedative. The Minoan civilization (approximately 2700 to 1450 BC), a Bronze Age civilization which arose on the island of Crete, cultivated poppies for their seed. Poppy seeds have long been used as a folk remedy to aid sleeping, promote fe...
