vegetable mercury

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

vegetable mercury (uncountable)

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

See also[edit]

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