Ambiguity: Although Ahifen has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Ahiphena.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Ahifen in India is the name of a plant defined with Papaver somniferum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Papaver somniferum var. hortense (Hussenot) Rouy & Foucaud (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Species Plantarum (1753)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Ahifen in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) opium..—ahifen (अहिफेन) is alternatively transliterated as Ahiphena.

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Ahifenam.

Full-text: Ahiphena.

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