euphorbiaceous
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of euphorbiaceous
1850–55; < New Latin Euphorbiace ( ae ) name of family ( see euphorbia, -aceae) + -ous
Example Sentences
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We passed a valley with the large thorny acacias of which canoes are often made, and a euphorbiaceous tree, with seed-vessels as large as mandarin oranges, with three seeds inside.
From The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 by Waller, Horace
The hardened juice of a euphorbiaceous tree, Croton draco, a resin resembling kino, is the sangre del drago or dragon’s blood of the Mexicans, used by them as a vulnerary and astringent.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various
Pedilanthus tithymaloides.—This euphorbiaceous plant has an acrid, milky, bitter juice; the root is emetic, and the dried branches are used medicinally.
From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William
Destitute of leaves, as the broom rape, certain euphorbiaceous plants, etc.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
The chemistry of the savage is reduced to the preparation of pigments, that of poisons, and the dulcification of the amylaceous roots, which the aroides and the euphorbiaceous plants afford.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Humboldt, Alexander von
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