opium

dried latex of the opium poppy containing narcotic compounds
ChemicalSubstance psychoactive_drug Q46452
opium
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opium

Summary

opium is a psychoactive drug[1]. opium draws 10,415 Wikipedia views per month (psychoactive_drug category, ranking #1 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • opium's instance of is recorded as psychoactive drug[3].
  • opium's instance of is recorded as crude drug[4].
  • opium is a type of opiate[5].
  • opium's Commons category is recorded as Opium[6].
  • opium comprises nitrogen[7].
  • opium comprises carbon[8].
  • opium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Opium[9].
  • opium's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • opium's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[11].
  • opium's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[12].
  • opium's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[13].
  • opium's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • opium's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15].
  • opium's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • opium's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[17].
  • opium's used by is recorded as pipe[18].
  • opium's has effect is recorded as analgesia[19].
  • opium's has effect is recorded as constipation[20].
  • opium's has effect is recorded as sleep induction[21].
  • opium's natural product of taxon is recorded as Papaver somniferum[22].
  • opium's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for opium include 1967 Opium War[24], a war[25].

Why It Matters

opium draws 10,415 Wikipedia views per month (psychoactive_drug category, ranking #1 of 4).[2] opium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] opium is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Entities named for opium include 1967 Opium War[24], a war[25].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [24] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Natural product of taxon Papaver somniferum
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    Subclass of opiate
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