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Argemone
Genus of flowering plants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Argemone is a genus of flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae commonly known as prickly poppies.[2] There are about 32 species native to the Americas and Hawaii.[3] The generic name originated as ἀργεμώνη in Greek and was applied by Dioscorides to a poppy-like plant used to treat cataracts.[4][5]
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- Papaver armeniacum (L.) DC. (as A. armeniaca L.)[7]
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