English Explanatory Dictionary

vegetable mercury

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. latex of the milkweeds of genus Calotropis.

Word forms

vegetable mercury

Etymology

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

Related words

mercury unrelated plants that also have a history of medicinal use
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