Memidex - boys-and-girls
Definition:
a Eurafrican annual naturalized in America as a weed; formerly dried for use as a purgative, diuretic or antisyphilitic
Class:
plant noun
Plural:
boys-and-girls*
(* boys-and-girls may be used in a singular or plural context)
Type of:
herb » vascular plant » plant » organism » living thing
Member of:
Mercurialis » Euphorbiaceae » Geraniales » Rosidae » Dicotyledones » Angiospermae » Spermatophyta » Plantae
Original source:
Synonyms:
herb mercury | herbs mercury | M. annua [abbreviation, species] | Mercurialis annua [species]
Page last updated: 2009-12-07
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