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Definition of Herbs mercury
1. Noun. Eurafrican annual naturalized in America as a weed; formerly dried for use as a purgative, diuretic or antisyphilitic.
Exact synonyms: Boys-and-girls, Herb Mercury, Mercurialis Annua
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Mercurialis, Mercurialis
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Mercurialis, Mercurialis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Herbs Mercury
Literary usage of Herbs mercury
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review, Or, Quarterly Journal of (1851)
"... roots, iron ores, grains of corn, sulphur, saw-dust, glass plates, wool, old
iron, aromatic herbs, mercury, all magnetised and mystically stratified. ..."
2. The third (fourth, fifth) book of Milton's Paradise lost: with a prose tr by John Milton (1873)
"Hail, Mother of Mankind, whose fruitful womb shall fill the world 379. Fragrant
smells.] herbs mercury."—RICHARDSON. of fragrant smell. So in line 384. ..."
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