poppy seeds are the seeds of a poppy flower—specifically the papaver somniferum. This variety, also known as a breadseed or ...

The single poppy he found to yield more opium than the double, and there is less trouble in obtaining it from the capsules. The single white poppy, or rather the poppy, with white seeds ...

The bricks of opium that he wrapped in plastic and took to the market would pay for all the food his family needed. In addition, the farmer would use the seeds to make cooking oil and burn the ...

Poppy seeds come from the Papaver somniferum plant, which is also used to make drugs like opium and morphine. In fact, many drug tests are so sensitive to opiates that the U.S. Department of ...

Annual plants are those which grow, flower, and set seed and die all in one year. They are synonymous with summer – think of cornflowers, sweet peas, love-in-a-mist, and sunflowers. If you start your ...

and because of the potential for the seeds to be used to grow opium poppies, they are banned as food a food ingredient in China, Taiwan and Singapore. These trace amounts of opiate also mean that ...