DOG'S MERCURY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dog's mercury mean? 

• DOG'S MERCURY (noun)
  The noun DOG'S MERCURY has 1 sense:

1. European perennial weedy plant with greenish flowers

  Familiarity information: DOG'S MERCURY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOG'S MERCURY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

European perennial weedy plant with greenish flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

dog's mercury; dog mercury; Mercurialis perennis

Hypernyms ("dog's mercury" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("dog's mercury" is a member of...):

genus Mercurialis; Mercurialis (a genus of slender herbs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae)