ARGEMONE

(Lat.), n. f. A°r-je?m(ge?m)-o'ne(na). Gr., épyenavn (from some plant of the genus having been used as a remedy for argemon [g. v.]). Fr., argémone. A crus of annual papaveraceous herbs. [B, 34.]—A. mexieana [Linnæus]. Fr., argémone (ou pavot) de Mexique, pavot épineux, figue infernale, chard on bénit des Antilles. Ger., Stachelmohn, Teufelsfeige, Doppelklappe. Syn.: Papaver spinosum [C. Bauhin]. The april, poppy; à species indigenous to the southern and western United States, naturalized in the Northern States, having a stalk from 2 to 3 feet high, which, with the calyx and the capsule, is covered with prickles. The flowers have been used_as a hypnotic, and the milky juice is said to contain morphine. The seeds yield a purgative oil similar to east or-oil. [A, 321; B, 34.]