Definition of Mercurialis annua

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, Herbs Mercury
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Mercurialis, Mercurialis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mercurialis Annua

Mercedes
Mercedes-Benz
Mercenaria mercenaria
Mercia
Mercian
Mercians
Mercier
Mercier's bar
Mercier's sound
Mercier's valve
Merck Manual
Merckx
Mercouri
Mercs
Mercurialis
Mercurialis annua (current term)
Mercurialis perennis
Mercurian
Mercury
Mercury program
Mercy
Meredith
Meredithian
Meregate
Merendino's technique
Mereon
Mergenthaler
Merginae
Mergus
Mergus albellus

Literary usage of Mercurialis annua

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Boy's mercury, the female plant of Mercurialis annua (the sexes having been mistaken). —Corneous mercury. Same as calomel.—Extinction of mercury. ..."

2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Mercurialis annua L. Herb Mercury. Fig. 2728. Mercurialis annua L. Sp. fi. 1042- 175.1. Annual, glabrous. Stems 8'-2° tall, more or less widely branched; ..."

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