POISON MERCURY
Dictionary entry overview: What does poison mercury mean? • POISON MERCURY (noun)
The noun POISON MERCURY has 1 sense:
1. 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 contact
Familiarity information: POISON MERCURY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• POISON MERCURY (noun)
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 contact
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
markweed; poison mercury; Rhus radicans; Toxicodendron radicans; poison ivy; poison oak
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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