vegetable mercury
noun
A medicinal preparation of plant origin used in place of mercury; any of the plants used in this way; especially mudar, a plant of the genus Calotropis, and the manaca, Brunfelsia (formerly Franciscea) uniflora (now chiefly historical ).
Origin
Mid 17th century.
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