euphorbiaceous

American  

[yoo-fawr-bee-ey-shuhs] / yuˌfɔr 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

Example Sentences

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

Manihot utilissima.—This euphorbiaceous plant yields cassava or mandiocca meal.

From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William

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

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

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