[spurj] 
,| any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia, having a milky juice and flowers with no petals or sepals. |
| spurge (spûrj) n. Any of various plants of the genus Euphorbia, characteristically having milky juice and small unisexual flowers that are surrounded by a cuplike structure composed of fused bracts. [Middle English, from Old French espurge, from espurgier, to purge (from its use as a purgative), from Latin expūrgāre; see expurgate.] |
