GENUS MERCURIALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Mercurialis mean? 

• GENUS MERCURIALIS (noun)
  The noun GENUS MERCURIALIS has 1 sense:

1. a genus of slender herbs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae

  Familiarity information: GENUS MERCURIALIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS MERCURIALIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of slender herbs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Mercurialis; Mercurialis

Hypernyms ("genus Mercurialis" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus 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 ("genus Mercurialis" is a member of...):

Euphorbiaceae; family Euphorbiaceae; spurge family (a family of plants of order Geraniales)