Definition of Mezereum

1. Noun. The dried bark of the shrub mezereon.

Group relationships: Daphne Mezereum, February Daphne, Mezereon
Generic synonyms: Bark

Definition of Mezereum

1. mezereon [n -S] - See also: mezereon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mezereum

mexiletine hydrochloride
meyerhofferite
meyerhofferites
meymacite
meynt
mezail
mezails
mezair
mezairs
mezcal
mezcals
meze
mezerein
mezereon
mezereons
mezereum (current term)
mezereums
mezes
mezlocillin
mezlocillin sodium
mezquit
mezquite
mezquites
mezquits
mezuza
mezuzah
mezuzahs
mezuzas
mezuzot
mezuzoth

Literary usage of Mezereum

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

1. Origin and History of All the Pharmacopeial Vegetable Drugs, Chemicals and by John Uri Lloyd (1921)
"mezereum (mezereum) Official in all editions of USP, from 1820 to 1910. ... Daphne mezereum is an acrid shrub familiar to persons conversant with domestic ..."

2. Materia Medica and Therapeutics for Physicians and Students by John Barclay Biddle, Clement Biddle (1895)
"Sarsaparilla, mezereum and pilocarpus. EFFECTS AND USES. ... mezereum is the BARK of Daphne mezereum and other species of Daphne {Nat. ..."

3. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential ...by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1796)
"Berry with one seed. SPEC. CHAR. Flowers sessile, about three together, placed on the stem. Leaves lanceolate, deciduous. SYN. Daphne mezereum. Linn. ..."

4. A Compend of Human Anatomy by Samuel Otway Lewis Potter (1903)
"Paralysis of the Tongue,—is said to be removed by chewing the root. mezereum,—Mezereon. Source and Composition. The bark of Daphne mezereum, a European ..."

5. A Manual of organic materia medica by John Michael Maisch (1890)
"122 ,;;, ..r'.;.. . ; .!t mezereum. — Transverse section, magnified 15 diam. verse scars and minute blackish dots; underneath the thin cork is a thin ..."

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