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mez·ere·on
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Princeton's WordNet
mezereon, February daphne, Daphne mezereumnoun
small European deciduous shrub with fragrant lilac-colored flowers followed by red berries on highly toxic twigs
Wiktionary
mezereonnoun
An ornamental shrub, Daphne mezereum, having purple flowers and bright red fruit.
mezereonnoun
The dried bark of this plant, once used as a vesicant.
Etymology: From مازريون.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Mezereonnoun
A species of spurge lawrel.
Mezereon is common in our gardens, and on the Alps and Pyrenean mountains: every part of this shrub is acrid and pungent, and inflames the mouth and throat. Hill.
Spurge Laurelnoun
or Mezereon. A plant.
The characters are: the flower consists of one leaf; is, for the most part, funnel-shaped, and cut into four segments; from whose centre rises the pointal, which afterward becomes an oval fruit, which is in some full of juice, but in others is dry. In each is contained one oblong seed. It is a rough purge. Philip Miller.
Wikipedia
mezereon
Daphne mezereum, commonly known as mezereum, mezereon, February daphne, spurge laurel or spurge olive, is a species of Daphne in the flowering plant family Thymelaeaceae, native to most of Europe and Western Asia, north to northern Scandinavia and Russia. In southern Europe it is confined to medium to higher elevations and in the subalpine vegetation zone, but descends to near sea level in northern Europe. It is generally confined to soils derived from limestone.
Webster Dictionary
Mezereonnoun
a small European shrub (Daphne Mezereum), whose acrid bark is used in medicine
Etymology: [F. mzron, Per. mzriyn.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Mezereon
me-zē′re-on, n. a deciduous shrub with pink flowers, and having an extremely acrid bark used in medicine. [Fr.,—Pers.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of mezereon in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of mezereon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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