POPPY FAMILY 



ent styles. When the stem is broken, there oozes forth a 

 strong, orange-yellow juice, bitter and acrid. Once it 

 was thought that from this juice could be made a drastic 

 purge, " which was a sure cure for warts, corns, pimples, 

 boils of every kind, even painful felon." From this plant 

 is still made a valuable drug. 



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