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

The last of July or early in August is a good time to sow the seed, as the plants stand the winter without injury. The single poppy he found to yield more opium than the double, and there is less ...

Dr Smith said there had been a "long-standing theory" the jugs had been containers for opium because their shape resembled a seed head of the opium poppy. She said: "I was able to find traces of ...