Etymology

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Today it means: The opium poppy. Full definition →

Ancient Greek μήκων
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromμήκων“poppy”
  2. English todaymecon

From Ancient Greek μήκων (mḗkōn, “poppy”).

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