mercurialis annua

English Thesaurus

1. Eurafrican annual naturalized in America as a weed; formerly dried for use as a purgative, diuretic or antisyphilitic (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	herb, herbaceous plant,
definition	:	a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus mercurialis, mercurialis,
definition	:	a genus of slender herbs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae (noun.plant)