euphorbia
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of euphorbia
1350–1400; Middle English euforbia for Latin euphorbea, an African plant named after Euphorbos, a Greek physician
Example Sentences
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I gave Sarah clippings from a euphorbia that I’ve been growing since I was 16.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2020
“They’re very mean, and if you tell them they’re nice too much they’ll wither and die. This euphorbia from Africa”—he gestured at a twisting mass—“is full of poison.”
From The New Yorker • Jun. 24, 2019
Big pots hold clipped evergreens, and the driveway is lined with rosemary, cistus and euphorbia.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 12, 2016
The cactuses were from a plant genus known as euphorbia.
From Washington Post • Apr. 12, 2016
The passage was overhung with rugged cliffs, in which ere and there a stray euphorbia or a cactus had found root.
From A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance by Mitford, Bertram
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