BOYS-AND-GIRLS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Eurafrican annual naturalized in America as a weed; formerly dried for use as a purgative, diuretic or antisyphilitic

Synonyms:

boys-and-girls; herb mercury; herbs mercury; Mercurialis annua

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("boys-and-girls" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("boys-and-girls" is a member of...):

genus Mercurialis; Mercurialis (a genus of slender herbs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae)

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