Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A drug consisting of the concreted milky juice of several species of Lactuca.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The inspissated juice of the common lettuce, sometimes used as a substitute for opium.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The thickened
juice of certain varieties oflettuce , used as adrug .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Lettuce contains 'lactucarium' which makes you feel sleepy!
The Spice Who Loved Me Cardamom 2009
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Samorini tested the phytochemicals present in the latex, or lactucarium, with a series of experiments, and discovered that lettuce has a double, opposite effect, depending on the dose.
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Most of these newer brands were made from ordinary garden lettuce, which lacked the intoxicating lactucarium.
Natural Highs Frequently Asked Questions by Vince Cavasin 1992
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Although lactucarium is structurally unrelated to the opiates, it will still soothe irritating cough, ease minor pains, and help induce sleep, hence its more common name of 'lettuce opium.'
Natural Highs Frequently Asked Questions by Vince Cavasin 1992
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Subsequently, sales fell, some suppliers of real lactucarium went out of business, and the fad all but disappeared.
Natural Highs Frequently Asked Questions by Vince Cavasin 1992
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A similar _lactucarium_, got from the dried milk of the cultivated garden Lettuce, is so mild a sedative as to be suitable for restless infants; and two grains thereof may be safely given to a young child for soothing it to sleep.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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When the milky juice has been thickened (_lactucarium_), it is sometimes used as
Wild Flowers Worth Knowing Neltje Blanchan 1891
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Orfila found the extract equal in power and energy to that of lactucarium.
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Among the narcotics, which include opium and its derivatives, there is lactucarium, the smokable extract derived from Lactuca Virosa. "
Natural Highs Frequently Asked Questions by Vince Cavasin 1992
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"Consider the case of lactucarium, which never caught on as a modern opium substitute because either so mild or so inconsistent in quality that people thought it was a fake.
Natural Highs Frequently Asked Questions by Vince Cavasin 1992
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