spurge

English - Turkish

Definition of spurge in English Turkish dictionary

sütleğen

Euphorbia helioscopia

Euphorbia spurge laurel

defneye benzer bir bitki

i., bot. sütleğen

Daphne mezereumsun spurge

tree spurge ağaç sütleğeni

sarı sütleğen

Daphnelaureola spurge olive dulap talotu

(isim) sütleğen

Related Terms

spurge flax

sütleğen keten

spurge nettle

sütleğen otu

caper spurge

sütlüce otu

English - English

Definition of spurge in English English dictionary

Any plant of the genus Euphorbia exuding a bitter milky juice which was formerly used as a purgative

{n} a plant, milk wort, dwarf bay

One of the largest flowering-plant genera (Euphorbia), with more than 1,600 species. It takes its common name from a group of annual herbs used as purgatives, or spurges. Many spurges are important as ornamentals or as sources of drugs; many others are weeds. One of the best-known is the poinsettia. Euphorbia is part of the family Euphorbiaceae, which contains about 7,500 species of flowering annual and perennial herbs and woody shrubs or trees in 275 genera; most are found in temperate and tropical regions. Flowers usually lack petals; those of Euphorbia are borne in cup-shaped clusters. The fruit is a capsule. Leaves are usually simple. The stems of many species contain a milky latex. In addition to Euphorbia, economically important family members include the castor-oil plant, croton, cassava, and rubber tree

{i} family of plants that includes herbaceous plants shrubs and trees

Any plant of the genus Euphorbia

any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice

To emit foam; to froth; said of the emission of yeast from beer in course of fermentation

catapuce

Related Terms

spurge laurel

bushy Eurasian shrub with glossy leathery oblong leaves and yellow-green flowers

spurge laurel

A low-growing, evergreen Eurasian shrub (Daphne laureola) having glossy leaves and small yellowish-green flowers

spurge nettle

a stinging herb of tropical America

Allegheny spurge

A perennial herb (Pachysandra procumbens), native to the southeast United States and sometimes grown as an ornamental or ground cover for its usually mottled leaves

allegheny spurge

low semi-evergreen perennial herb having small spikes of white or pinkish flowers; native to southern United States but grown elsewhere

caper spurge

An ornamental European spurge (Euphorbia lathyris) having a latex considered to be a potential source of hydrocarbons that can be converted into fuel

caper spurge

poisonous Old World spurge; adventive in America; seeds yield a purgative oil

cypress spurge

Old World perennial having foliage resembling cypress; naturalized as a weed in the United States

cypress spurge

A perennial European ornamental plant (Euphorbia cyparissias) having numerous narrow leaves and flower clusters with petaloid bracts

dwarf spurge

European erect or depressed annual weedy spurge adventive in northeastern United States

hairy spurge

much-branched hirsute weed native to northeastern North America

japanese spurge

slow-growing Japanese evergreen subshrub having terminal spikes of white flowers; grown as a ground cover

leafy spurge

tall European perennial naturalized and troublesome as a weed in eastern North America

petty spurge

an Old World spurge introduced as a weed in the eastern United States

slipper spurge

any of several tropical American shrubby succulent plants resembling cacti but having foot-shaped bracts

sun spurge

not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun

toothed spurge

an annual weed of northeastern North America with dentate leaves

wild spurge

common perennial United States spurge having showy white petallike bracts

wood spurge

European perennial herb with greenish yellow terminal flower clusters

Turkish pronunciation

spırc

Pronunciation

/ˈspərʤ/ /ˈspɜrʤ/

Etymology

[ 'sp&rj ] (noun.) 14th century. From Old French espurge