Multiple choice general knowledge

Opium poppy is native to which country?

  1. Austria

  2. Poland

  3. Nigeria

  4. Turkey
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) is native to the eastern Mediterranean region, including Turkey. Turkey has been historically significant in opium cultivation and is one of the world's major producers of legal opium for pharmaceutical purposes. The other countries listed - Austria, Poland, and Nigeria - are not native regions for the opium poppy.

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