English noun: boys-and-girls | |||
1. | boys-and-girls (plant) Eurafrican annual naturalized in America as a weed; formerly dried for use as a purgative, diuretic or antisyphilitic | ||
Synonyms | herb mercury, herbs mercury, Mercurialis annua | ||
Broader (hypernym) | herb, herbaceous plant | ||
Member meronym | genus Mercurialis, Mercurialis | ||