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Euphorbia
| euphorbia amygdaloides
| euphorbia antisyphilitica
| euphorbia caput-medusae
| euphorbia corollata
| euphorbia cyathophora
Euphorbia
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Euphorbia has 1 sense
- euphorbia(n = noun.plant) genus euphorbia - type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice; Array is a kind of rosid dicot genus
is a member of euphorbiaceae, family euphorbiaceae, spurge family
CIDE DICTIONARY
Euphorbia, n. [NL., fr. L. euphorbea. See Euphorrium.].
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.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Euphorbia, n. any plant of the genus Euphorbia, including spurges.
Etymology
ME f. L euphorbea f. Euphorbus, 1st-c. Gk physician
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