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spurge
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| spurge nettle
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spurge
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun spurge has 1 sense
- spurge(n = noun.plant) - any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice; is a member of euphorbia, genus euphorbia
has particulars: caper spurge, euphorbia lathyris, mole plant, myrtle spurge, devil's milk, euphorbia helioscopia, sun spurge, wartweed, wartwort, devil's milk, euphorbia peplus, petty spurge, euphorbia caput-medusae, euphorbia medusae, medusa's head, euphorbia corollata, flowering spurge, tramp's spurge, wild spurge, euphorbia marginata, ghost weed, snow-in-summer, snow-on-the-mountain, cypress spurge, euphorbia cyparissias, euphorbia esula, leafy spurge, wolf's milk, euphorbia hirsuta, hairy spurge, christmas flower, christmas star, euphorbia pulcherrima, lobster plant, mexican flameleaf, painted leaf, poinsettia, euphorbia heterophylla, japanese poinsettia, mole plant, paint leaf, euphorbia cyathophora, fire-on-the-mountain, mexican fire plant, painted leaf, euphorbia amygdaloides, wood spurge, candelilla, euphorbia antisyphilitica, dwarf spurge, euphorbia exigua, euphorbia fulgens, scarlet plume, cactus euphorbia, euphorbia ingens, naboom, christ plant, christ thorn, crown of thorns, euphorbia milii, euphorbia dentata, toothed spurge
is a kind of bush, shrub
CIDE DICTIONARY
spurge, v. t. [Etymol. uncertain.].
To emit foam; to froth; -- said of the emission of yeast from beer in course of fermentation. W. Cartright. [1913 Webster]
spurge, n. [OF. espurge, F. épurge, from OF. espurgier to purge, L. expurgare. See Expurgate, Purge.].
Any plant of the genus Euphorbia. See Euphorbia. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
spurge, n. any plant of the genus Euphorbia, exuding an acrid milky juice once used medicinally as a purgative.
Idiom
spurge laurel any shrub of the genus Daphne, esp. D. laureola, with small yellow flowers.
Etymology
ME f. OF espurge f. espurgier f. L expurgare (as EX-(1), PURGE)
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