noun
Eurafrican annual naturalized in America as a weed; formerly dried for use as a purgative, diuretic or antisyphilitic
• Syn: ↑herbs mercury, ↑boys-and-girls, ↑Mercurialis annua
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Mercurialis, ↑genus Mercurialis
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noun (plural herbs mercury or herb mercuries) : a Eurafrican annual herb (Mercurialis annua) widely naturalized as a weed and having inconspicuous greenish flowers
Useful english dictionary. 2012.