euphorbia : Idioms & Phrases

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cactus euphorbia

  • noun small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra
    naboom; cactus euphorbia.
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euphorbia amygdaloides

  • noun European perennial herb with greenish yellow terminal flower clusters
    wood spurge.
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euphorbia antisyphilitica

  • noun wax-coated shrub of northern Mexico and southwestern United States
    candelilla.
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euphorbia caput-medusae

  • noun African dwarf succulent perennial shrub with numerous slender drooping branches
    medusa's head; Euphorbia caput-medusae.
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euphorbia corollata

  • noun common perennial United States spurge having showy white petallike bracts
    wild spurge; flowering spurge; tramp's spurge.
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euphorbia cyathophora

  • noun poinsettia of United States and eastern Mexico; often confused with Euphorbia heterophylla
    painted leaf; fire-on-the-mountain; Mexican fire plant.
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euphorbia cyparissias

  • noun Old World perennial having foliage resembling cypress; naturalized as a weed in the United States
    cypress spurge.
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euphorbia dentata

  • noun an annual weed of northeastern North America with dentate leaves
    toothed spurge.
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euphorbia esula

  • noun tall European perennial naturalized and troublesome as a weed in eastern North America
    leafy spurge; wolf's milk.
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euphorbia exigua

  • noun European erect or depressed annual weedy spurge adventive in northeastern United States
    dwarf spurge.
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euphorbia fulgens

  • noun Mexican shrub often cultivated for its scarlet-bracted flowers
    scarlet plume.
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euphorbia helioscopia

  • noun not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun
    wartwort; wartweed; devil's milk; sun spurge.
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euphorbia heterophylla

  • noun showy poinsettia found from the southern United States to Peru
    mole plant; paint leaf; Japanese poinsettia.
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euphorbia hirsuta

  • noun much-branched hirsute weed native to northeastern North America
    hairy spurge.
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euphorbia ingens

  • noun small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra
    naboom; cactus euphorbia.
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euphorbia lathyris

  • noun poisonous Old World spurge; adventive in America; seeds yield a purgative oil
    mole plant; caper spurge; myrtle spurge.
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euphorbia litchi

  • noun tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphorbia or Nephelium
    Nephelium longana; longan; lungen; longanberry; Dimocarpus longan.
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euphorbia marginata

  • noun annual spurge of western United States having showy white-bracted flower clusters and very poisonous milk
    snow-on-the-mountain; ghost weed; snow-in-summer.
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euphorbia medusae

  • noun African dwarf succulent perennial shrub with numerous slender drooping branches
    medusa's head; Euphorbia caput-medusae.
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euphorbia milii

  • noun somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts
    Christ plant; Christ thorn; crown of thorns.
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euphorbia peplus

  • noun an Old World spurge introduced as a weed in the eastern United States
    petty spurge; devil's milk.
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euphorbia pulcherrima

  • noun tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers
    lobster plant; painted leaf; Mexican flameleaf; Christmas star; poinsettia; Christmas flower.
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genus euphorbia

  • noun type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice
    Euphorbia.
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