Meaning of EUPHORBIA
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| | Definition: | | [n] type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice |
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| | Synonyms: | | genus Euphorbia |
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| | See Also: | | cactus euphorbia, candelilla, caper spurge, Christ plant, Christ thorn, Christmas flower, Christmas star, crown of thorns, cypress spurge, devil's milk, dwarf spurge, Euphorbia amygdaloides, Euphorbia antisyphilitica, Euphorbia caput-medusae, Euphorbia corollata, Euphorbia cyathophora, Euphorbia cyparissias, Euphorbia dentata, Euphorbia esula, Euphorbia exigua, Euphorbia fulgens, Euphorbia helioscopia, Euphorbia heterophylla, Euphorbia hirsuta, Euphorbia ingens, Euphorbia lathyris, Euphorbia marginata, Euphorbia medusae, Euphorbia milii, Euphorbia peplus, Euphorbia pulcherrima, Euphorbiaceae, family Euphorbiaceae, fire-on-the-mountain, flowering spurge, ghost weed, hairy spurge, Japanese poinsettia, leafy spurge, lobster plant, medusa's head, Mexican fire plant, Mexican flameleaf, mole plant, myrtle spurge, naboom, paint leaf, painted leaf, petty spurge, poinsettia, rosid dicot genus, scarlet plume, snow-in-summer, snow-on-the-mountain, spurge, spurge family, sun spurge, toothed spurge, tramp's spurge, wartweed, wartwort, wild spurge, wolf's milk, wood spurge | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Eu*phor"bi*a\, n. [NL., fr. L. euphorbea. See
{Euphorrium}.] (Bot.)
Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species,
mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid,
milky juice. Some of them are armed with thorns. Most of them
yield powerful emetic and cathartic products.
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