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Noun: herb mercury
  1. Eurafrican annual naturalized in America as a weed; formerly dried for use as a purgative, diuretic or antisyphilitic
    "Herb mercury was once common in medieval herbal remedies";
    - herbs mercury, boys-and-girls, Mercurialis annua

Derived forms: herb mercuries, herbs mercury

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant

Part of: genus Mercurialis, Mercurialis