| NOUN | plant | Mercurialis annua, herb mercury, herbs mercury, boys-and-girls | Eurafrican annual naturalized in America as a weed |
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| Meaning | Eurafrican annual naturalized in America as a weed; formerly dried for use as a purgative, diuretic or antisyphilitic. | |
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| Synonyms | herb mercury, herbs mercury, boys-and-girls | |
| Member of | Mercurialis, genus Mercurialis | A genus of slender herbs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
| Spanish | malcoraje, mercurial | |
| Catalan | malcoratge, melcoratge, mercurial | |
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