euphorbia
[yoo-fawr-bee-uh]
- any plant of the genus Euphorbia, comprising the spurges.
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Origin of euphorbia
1350–1400; Middle English euforbia for Latin euphorbea, an African plant named after Euphorbos, a Greek physician
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Examples from the Web for euphorbia
Contemporary Examples
And just below us, somewhere among the candelabra and euphorbia trees, were a handful of Diceros bicornis: the black rhino.
Historical Examples
Engelmann cites it in Triticum repens, Roëper in Euphorbia palustris.
Vegetable TeratologyMaxwell T. Masters
The milk-post of the pandal is made of milk-hedge (Euphorbia Tirucalli).
Castes and Tribes of Southern IndiaEdgar Thurston
At the same elevation Euphorbia pentagona makes its appearance.
Western Himalaya and TibetThomas Thomson
There are caterpillars which eat the leaves of the Euphorbia, or spurge, for instance.
The Insect WorldLouis Figuier
I noticed that it had been poisoned—poisoned by euphorbia juice.
Hair-Breadth EscapesH.C. Adams
euphorbia
- any plant of the genus Euphorbia, such as the spurges and poinsettia: family Euphorbiaceae
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Word Origin
C14 euforbia: from Latin euphorbea African plant named after Euphorbus, first-century ad Greek physician
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