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mezerion

mezerion is the alternative form of mezereon.

Meaning of mezereon

Noun

mezereon (countable and uncountable, plural mezereons)

  1. An ornamental shrub, Daphne mezereum, having purple flowers and bright red fruit.
    • We, Greville, are happy in these parks and forests: we were happy in my close winter-walk of box and laurustinus and mezereon. In our earlier days did we not emboss our bosoms with the crocusses, and shake them almost unto shedding with our transports!1824, Walter Savage Landor, “Conversation II. Lord Brooke and Sir Philip Sidney.”, in Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, volume I, London: […] Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, pages...
  2. The dried bark of this plant, once used as a vesicant.

Questions about mezerion

What is mezerion the alternative form of?
Mezerion is the alternative form of mezereon.

Words near mezerion in the dictionary

  1. mezerein
  2. mezereon
  3. mezereons
  4. mezereum
  5. mezereums
  6. mezerion
  7. mezes
  8. Mezger
  9. Mezgers
  10. mezilamine
  11. mezlocillin

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