dog's mercury


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dog's mercury
noun a plant of the spurge family, with hairy stems and small green flowers. [Mercurialis perennis.]
– origin C16: translating mod. L. Mercurialis canina (former taxonomic name).
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