'boys-and-girls' definitions:
Definition of 'boys-and-girls'
From: WordNet
noun
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]
Definition of 'boys-and-girls'
From: GCIDE
- 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]