euphorbiaceous

American  

[yoo-fawr-bee-ay-shuhs] / juˌfɔr biˈeɪ ʃəs /

adjective

1. belonging to the Euphorbiaceae, the spurge family of plants.

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euphorbiaceous British  

/ juːˌfɔːbɪˈeɪʃəs /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Euphorbiaceae, a family of plants typically having capsular fruits: includes the spurges, the castor oil and cassava plants, cascarilla, and poinsettia

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Etymology

Origin of euphorbiaceous

1850–55; < New Latin Euphorbiace ( ae ) name of family ( see euphorbia, -aceae) + -ous

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Example Sentences

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euphorbiaceous

Destitute of leaves, as the broom rape, certain euphorbiaceous plants, etc.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster

It is quite low, being composed of heaped-up fragments of shells and coral, overrun with a suffruticose Sida, and stunted bushes of Clerodendrum and Premna, with a glossy-leaved euphorbiaceous plant occasionally forming small thickets.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 by John MacGillivray

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 William Saunders

Turnsole, turn′sōl, n. a name sometimes given to the Heliotrope and other plants, esp. to the euphorbiaceous Chrozophora tinctoria, from which a deep-purple dye is obtained.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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 Alexander von Humboldt

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