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Definition of Mercurialis annua
1. Noun. Eurafrican annual naturalized in America as a weed; formerly dried for use as a purgative, diuretic or antisyphilitic.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Mercurialis, Mercurialis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mercurialis Annua
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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