meconic /mi-konˈik/ adjective Denoting an acid obtained from poppies ORIGIN: Gr mēkōn the poppy meconate /mekˈən-āt or mēkˈ/ noun A salt of meconic acid mecˈonin noun A white, fusible, neutral substance (C10H10O4) existing in opium mecōˈnium noun - (L, poppy-juice) the first faeces of a newborn child, or of a newly emerged insect imago
- Opium
meconopsˈis noun (pl meconopsˈēs) (Gr opsis appearance) a plant of the Meconopsis genus of largely Asiatic blue poppies |