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opium

opi.um \'o--pe--*m\ n [ME, fr. L, fr. Gk opion, fr. dim. of opos sap] often 
   attrib  1: a bitter brownish addictive narcotic drug that consists of the 
   dried jui ce of the opium poppy 2: something having an effect like that of 
   opium : STUPEFIER