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