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cypress spurge

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noun

a perennial herb, Euphorbia cyparissias, of Eurasia, having small, greenish-yellow flowers in dense clusters.

Etymology

Origin of cypress spurge

First recorded in 1700–10

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cypress spurge

Butter-and-eggs, tansy, chamomile, spiked loosestrife, velvet-leaf, bladder-campion, cypress spurge, live-for-ever, star of Bethlehem, money-vine,—all have seen better days, but now are flower-tramps.

From Home Life in Colonial Days by Earle, Alice Morse

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