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Definition of Mercurialis perennis
1. Noun. European perennial weedy plant with greenish flowers.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Mercurialis, Mercurialis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mercurialis Perennis
Literary usage of Mercurialis perennis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The veterinarian's vade mecum by John Gamgee (1858)
"... anda, mercurialis perennis, and others, are emetic; the leaves of box and
mercurialis, the juice of euphorbia, ..."
2. Mathematical and Physical Papers by Sir George Gabriel Stokes, Baron John William Strutt Rayleigh (1901)
"Extract from blue leaves of the mercurialis perennis. 62. The juice of this plant
has the property of turning blue by exposure to the air. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by John Henry Clarke (1902)
"mercurialis perennis. mercurialis perennis. Dog's Mercury. NO Euphorbiaceae.
Tincture of whole fresh plant in flower. Clinical.—Amblyopia. ..."
4. Ures̓ Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear by Andrew Ure (1860)
"... of these plants afford any indigo-blue, though several of them, such as the
mercurialis perennis, contain a blue colouring matter of a peculiar nature. ..."
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