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vegetable mercury

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English

Syllables
veg-etable mer-cury
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Latex of the milkweeds of genus Calotropis.

Archaic; Uncountable

Etymology

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

Usage

Phrases

mercury unrelated plants that also have a history of medicinal use

Frequently Paired Words

mercury unrelated plants that also have a history of medicinal use

Questions

What does vegetable mercury mean?
Latex of the milkweeds of genus Calotropis.
Where does vegetable mercury come from?
Said to have effects on the human body similar to those of mercury.

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