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Webster 1913 Edition


Mezereon

Me-ze′re-on

,
Noun.
[F.
mézéréon
, Per.
māzriyūn
.]
(Bot.)
A small European shrub (
Daphne Mezereum
), whose acrid bark is used in medicine.

Webster 1828 Edition


Mezereon

MEZE'REON

,
Noun.
A plant of the genus Daphne; the spurge olive.

Definition 2024


mezereon

mezereon

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Noun

mezereon (plural mezereons)

  1. An ornamental shrub, Daphne mezereum, having purple flowers and bright red fruit.
  2. The dried bark of this plant, once used as a vesicant.

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