Brewer's: Philosopher's Tree

(The), or Diana's tree. An amalgam of crystallised silver, obtained from mercury in a solution of silver; so called by the alchemists, with whom Diana stood for silver.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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