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    POISON MERCURY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Climbing plant common in eastern and central United States with ternate leaves and greenish flowers followed by white berries; yields an irritating oil that causes a rash on contactplay

    Synonyms:

    markweed; poison ivy; poison mercury; poison oak; Rhus radicans; Toxicodendron radicans

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("poison mercury" is a kind of...):

    poisonous plant (a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism)

    Holonyms ("poison mercury" is a member of...):

    genus Toxicodendron; Toxicodendron (in some classifications: comprising those members of the genus Rhus having foliage that is poisonous to the touch; of North America and northern South America)

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