Plural of papola . It may refer to a plant from which opium is extracted. Poppy. In Genetics and Molecular Biology it is the technical name of the alpha poly(A)polymerase, better known as the Papola Gene, present in humans.
papolas-belonging to an annual papaveraceous plant, medicinal, of white or pale pink flowers, bright steely leaves, fruit in capsules from where opium, morphine and other alkaloids are extracted-