vegetable mercury

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English

Etymology

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

Noun

vegetable mercury (uncountable)

(archaic) latex of the milkweeds of genus Calotropis.

See also

mercury unrelated plants that also have a history of medicinal use

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