euphorbia

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Definition of euphorbia in English Turkish dictionary

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Definition of euphorbia in English English dictionary

Large, cosmopolitan genus of flowering plants, and basis for the name of the plant family Euphorbiaceae. Individual species in the genus may grow as herbs, shrubs, or trees, but all typically have latex and paired spines

any plant of the genus Euphorbia; the spurges

Most of them yield powerful emetic and cathartic products

Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species, mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid, milky juice

type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice

Some of them are armed with thorns

Hyphenation

eu·phor·bi·a

Synonyms

spurge

Etymology

() From Greek Euphorbus, a Trojan surgeon mentioned in the Iliad.