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Definition of Mezereon
1. Noun. Small European deciduous shrub with fragrant lilac-colored flowers followed by red berries on highly toxic twigs.
Definition of Mezereon
1. n. A small European shrub (Daphne Mezereum), whose acrid bark is used in medicine.
Definition of Mezereon
1. Noun. An ornamental shrub, ''Daphne mezereum'', having purple flowers and bright red fruit. ¹
2. Noun. The dried bark of this plant, once used as a vesicant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mezereon
1. a flowering shrub [n -S]
Medical Definition of Mezereon
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Mezereon
Literary usage of Mezereon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"MEZEREoN FAMILY. Shrubs or trees (rarely herbaceous), with tough fibrous or ...
mezereon. Spurge Laurel. (Fig. 2534.) Daphne Mezereum L,. Sp. Pl. 356. 1753. ..."
2. An Analytical compendium of the various branches of medical science by John Neill, Francis Gurney Smith (1866)
"... 3j to Oj of bulling water; it is a very pleasant application to irritated or
inflamed surfaces, as in ophthalmia, erysipelas, eczema, &c. mezereon. ..."
3. The Medical student's vade mecum by George Mendenhall (1871)
"The product« of the Guaiacum officinale, mezereon, Sassafras, and Sarsaparilla.
... US From what is mezereon obtained ? It is the bark of the root of ..."
4. Sylva Florifera: The Shrubbery Historically and Botanically Treated: with by Henry Phillips (1823)
"mezereon too, POPE. Though leafless, well attired, and thick beset With blushing
wreaths, investing every spray." COWPER. THIS pretty shrub, which decks its ..."
5. Poisons: their effects and detection by Alexander Wynter Blyth (1895)
"It is distinguished from santonin by giving no red colour when treated with
sulphuric or phosphoric acids. II.—mezereon. § 576. ..."
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