HyperDic: herbs_mercury

English > 1 sense of the expression herbs mercury:
NOUNplantherbs mercury, herb mercury, boys-and-girls, Mercurialis annuaEurafrican annual naturalized in America as a weed
English > herbs mercury: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningEurafrican annual naturalized in America as a weed; formerly dried for use as a purgative, diuretic or antisyphilitic.
Synonymsherb mercury, boys-and-girls, Mercurialis annua
Member ofMercurialis, genus MercurialisA genus of slender herbs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae
Broaderherb, herbaceous plantA plant lacking a permanent woody stem
Spanishmalcoraje, mercurial
Catalanmalcoratge, melcoratge, mercurial

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