Papa Doc
— Noun
– English
~ oppressive Haitian dictator (1907-1971)
papacy
— Noun
– English
~ the government of the Roman Catholic Church
papaia
— Noun
– English
~ tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit
papain
— Noun
– English
~ a proteolytic enzyme obtained from the unripe papaya; used as a meat tenderizer
papal cross
— Noun
– English
~ a cross with three crossbars
papal nuncio
— Noun
– English
~ (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status
papal infallibility
— Noun
– English
~ belief of the Roman Catholic Church that God protects the pope from error when he speaks about faith or morality
papal bull
— Noun
– English
~ a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)
papal
— Adjective
– English
~ proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles; "papal dispensation"
paparazzo
— Noun
– English
~ a freelance photographer who pursues celebrities trying to take candid photographs of them to sell to newspapers or magazines
Papaver nudicaule
— Noun
– English
~ subarctic perennial poppy of both hemispheres having fragrant white or yellow to orange or peach flowers
Papaver argemone
— Noun
– English
~ annual Old World poppy with orange-red flowers and bristly fruit
Papaver orientale
— Noun
– English
~ commonly cultivated Asiatic perennial poppy having stiff heavily haired leaves and bright scarlet or pink to orange flowers
Papaver alpinum
— Noun
– English
~ Old World alpine poppy with white or yellow to orange flowers
Papaver californicum
— Noun
– English
~ showy annual of California with red flowers
Papaver heterophyllum
— Noun
– English
~ California wild poppy with bright red flowers
papaver
— Noun
– English
~ type genus of the Papaveraceae; chiefly bristly hairy herbs with usually showy flowers
Papaveraceae
— Noun
– English
~ herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits
Papaverales
— Noun
– English
~ an order of dicotyledonous plants
papaverine
— Noun
– English
~ an alkaloid medicine (trade name Kavrin) obtained from opium; used to relax smooth muscles; it is nonaddictive