Definition of mercuries:
(n) :
(literally) A silvery-colored, toxic, metallic chemical element, liquid at room temperature, with atomic number 80 and symbol Hg.
(n) :
(literally) (with definite article) Ambient pressure or temperature (from the use of mercury in barometers and thermometers).
(n) :
Any plant of any species of the genus and the genus Mercurialis.
(n) :
An annual plant, annual mercury (Mercurialis annua), formerly grown for its medicinal properties; French mercury, herb mercury.
(n) :
A similar edible plant (Blitum bonus-henricus), otherwise known as English mercury or allgood.
(n) :
Any of several types of plant.