genus mercurialis

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1. a genus of slender herbs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	rosid dicot genus,
definition	:	a genus of dicotyledonous plants (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	boys-and-girls, herb mercury, herbs mercury, mercurialis annua,
definition	:	Eurafrican annual naturalized in America as a weed; formerly dried for use as a purgative, diuretic or antisyphilitic (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	dog mercury, dog's mercury, mercurialis perennis,
definition	:	European perennial weedy plant with greenish flowers (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	euphorbiaceae, family euphorbiaceae, spurge family,
definition	:	a family of plants of order Geraniales (noun.plant)