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MERCURIALIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mercurialis mean?
• MERCURIALIS (noun)
The noun MERCURIALIS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of slender herbs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae
Familiarity information: MERCURIALIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of slender herbs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Mercurialis; Mercurialis
Hypernyms ("Mercurialis" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Mercurialis"):
boys-and-girls; herb mercury; herbs mercury; Mercurialis annua (Eurafrican annual naturalized in America as a weed; formerly dried for use as a purgative, diuretic or antisyphilitic)
dog's mercury; dog mercury; Mercurialis perennis (European perennial weedy plant with greenish flowers)
Holonyms ("Mercurialis" is a member of...):
Euphorbiaceae; family Euphorbiaceae; spurge family (a family of plants of order Geraniales)
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