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

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

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 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

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 MacGillivray, John