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Where does “Papaveraceae” come from?

Papaveraceae (Translingual) comes from Translingual Papaver, from Latin pappa, from Latin pappo — I eat, eat pap.

Ancestry of “Papaveraceae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualPapaver—
2Latinpappasecond-person singular present active imperative...
3LatinpappoI eat, eat pap
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