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EUPHORBIACEOUS

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eu⋅phor⋅bi⋅a⋅ceous

[yoo-fawr-bee-ey-shuhs]
–adjective
belonging to the Euphorbiaceae, the spurge family of plants.
Compare spurge family.


Origin:
1850–55; < NL Euphorbiace(ae) name of family (see euphorbia, -aceae ) + -ous
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