vegetable mercury

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English

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Etymology

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Said to have effects on the human body similar to those of mercury.

Noun

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vegetable mercury (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) latex of the milkweeds of genus Calotropis.

See also

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  • mercury unrelated plants that also have a history of medicinal use
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