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Answer for the clue "A genus of slender herbs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae ", 11 letters:
mercurialis

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Mercurialis is a genus of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae , the spurges, known commonly as the mercuries . These are slender herbs ( forbs ), rhizomatious perennials and woody perennials, native to Europe, North Africa, and Asia. Species Mercurialis ...

Usage examples of mercurialis.

There was an analogue of this case found by Mercurialis in a child of a Jew called Teutonicus.

According to Celsus, Mercurialis, and others, the gladiators were infibulated to guard against the loss of vigor by sexual excesses.

The disease was afterward noticed by Forestus, Mercurialis, Kaempfer, Ludoff, and others.