Euphorbia
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eu·phor·bi·a 
[yoo-fawr-bee-uh] Pronunciation Key
[yoo-fawr-bee-uh] Pronunciation Key –noun
| any plant of the genus Euphorbia, comprising the spurges. |
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME euforbia for L euphorbea, an African plant named after Euphorbos, a Greek physician]
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| eu·phor·bi·a
(yōō-fôr'bē-ə) Pronunciation Key
n. A plant of the genus Euphorbia, which includes the spurges. [Middle English euforbia, from Latin euphorbea, after Euphorbus, first-century A.D. Greek physician.] |
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| euphorbia | |
noun | |
| type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice |
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Main Entry: eu·phor·bia
Pronunciation: yu-'for-bE-&
Function: noun
1 : a large genus (family Euphorbiaceae) of plants that have amilky juice and flowers lacking a calyx and included in an involucre which surrounds a group of several staminate flowers and a central pistillate flower with 3-lobed pistils and that include a numberwhich have been used medicinally
2 : any plant of the genus Euphorbia; also : any of various other plants that belong to the same family (Euphorbiaceae)
Main Entry: eu·phor·bia
Pronunciation: yu-'for-bE-&
Function: noun
1 : a large genus (family Euphorbiaceae) of plants that have amilky juice and flowers lacking a calyx and included in an involucre which surrounds a group of several staminate flowers and a central pistillate flower with 3-lobed pistils and that include a numberwhich have been used medicinally
2 : any plant of the genus Euphorbia; also : any of various other plants that belong to the same family (Euphorbiaceae)
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Euphorbia
Eu*phor"bi*a\, n. [NL., fr. L. euphorbea. See Euphorrium.] (Bot.) Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species, mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid, milky juice. Some of them are armed with thorns. Most of them yield powerful emetic and cathartic products.
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