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Mezereon

Mezereon \Me*ze"re*on\, n. [F. m['e]z['e]r['e]on, Per. m[=a]zriy[=u]n.] (Bot.) A small European shrub ( Daphne Mezereum), whose acrid bark is used in medicine.

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mezereon

n. 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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mezereon

n. small European deciduous shrub with fragrant lilac-colored flowers followed by red berries on highly toxic twigs [syn: February daphne, Daphne mezereum]

Usage examples of "mezereon".

So that when in February there came a blue, bright morning, the morning that suggests yellow crocuses and the smell of a mezereon tree and the smell of damp, warm earth, Daphne hastily got a taxi and drove out to the hospital.

The little gardens were bright with daffodils, mezereon, and flowering currant.

It is seldom called by any other than its specific name, Mezereon, which Gerarde describes as English-Dutch.

Barbarians call it Lilac Daphne, and it's related to laurel and the mezereon herbs.