Like the eager lover of beauty among our own poets, he sees in other flowers- Alba parthenice velut Luteumve papaver- the symbol of maidens- 'Whom youth makes so fair and passion so pale.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
The title papaver has been derived from pap, a soft food given to young infants, in which it was at one time customary to boil Poppy seeds for the purpose of inducing sleep.
"Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure"
William Thomas Fernie
"My name is papaver, and-" But the Marygold laughed aloud.
"Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing"
T. S. Arthur