vegetable mercury

English edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

vegetable mercury (uncountable)

(archaic) latex of the milkweeds of genus Calotropis.

See also edit

mercury unrelated plants that also have a history of medicinal use

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