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American influence combines with the Japanese tradition of Mizu shobai or the 'water trade'  (a traditional euphemism for the night-time entertainment business in Japan), in this post World War II 'stripu tisu' image.
Opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, is the species of plant from which opium and poppy seeds are extracted. Opium is the source of many opiates, including morphine, thebaine, codeine, papaverine, and noscapine.<br/><br/>

The Latin botanical name means the 'sleep-bringing poppy', referring to the sedative properties of some of these opiates.