Meaning Of The Word Spurge
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Spurge Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Spurge?
spurge in American English
any of a genus (Euphorbia) of plants of the spurge family, with milky juice and minute, simplified flowers borne in cuplike inflorescences designating a family (Euphorbiaceae, order Euphorbiales) of dicotyledonous plants, usually with milky juice and diclinous flowers, including the poinsettia, cassava, and rubber tree noun: any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia, having a milky juice and flowers with no petals or sepals spurge in British English noun: any of various euphorbiaceous plants of the genus Euphorbia that have milky sap and small flowers typically surrounded by conspicuous bracts. Some species have purgative properties |
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