boys-and-girls

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boys-and-girls - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  boys-and-girls \boys-and-girls\ n. (Bot.)
     a Eurafrican annual (Mercurialis annua) naturalized in
     America as a weed; formerly dried for use as a purgative,
     diuretic or antisyphilitic.
  
     Syn: herb mercury, herbs mercury.
          [WordNet 1.5]

boys-and-girls - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  boys-and-girls
      n 1: Eurafrican annual naturalized in America as a weed;
           formerly dried for use as a purgative, diuretic or
           antisyphilitic [syn: herb mercury, herbs mercury,
           boys-and-girls, Mercurialis annua]