spurge : Idioms & Phrases

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allegheny mountain spurge

  • noun low semi-evergreen perennial herb having small spikes of white or pinkish flowers; native to southern United States but grown elsewhere
    Pachysandra procumbens; Allegheny mountain spurge.
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allegheny spurge

  • noun low semi-evergreen perennial herb having small spikes of white or pinkish flowers; native to southern United States but grown elsewhere
    Pachysandra procumbens; Allegheny mountain spurge.
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caper spurge

  • noun poisonous Old World spurge; adventive in America; seeds yield a purgative oil
    Euphorbia lathyris; mole plant; caper spurge.
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cypress spurge

  • noun Old World perennial having foliage resembling cypress; naturalized as a weed in the United States
    Euphorbia cyparissias.
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dwarf spurge

  • noun European erect or depressed annual weedy spurge adventive in northeastern United States
    Euphorbia exigua.
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flowering spurge

  • noun common perennial United States spurge having showy white petallike bracts
    flowering spurge; tramp's spurge; Euphorbia corollata.
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hairy spurge

  • noun much-branched hirsute weed native to northeastern North America
    Euphorbia hirsuta.
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japanese spurge

  • noun slow-growing Japanese evergreen subshrub having terminal spikes of white flowers; grown as a ground cover
    Pachysandra terminalis.
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leafy spurge

  • noun tall European perennial naturalized and troublesome as a weed in eastern North America
    Euphorbia esula; wolf's milk.
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myrtle spurge

  • noun poisonous Old World spurge; adventive in America; seeds yield a purgative oil
    Euphorbia lathyris; mole plant; caper spurge.
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petty spurge

  • noun an Old World spurge introduced as a weed in the eastern United States
    devil's milk; Euphorbia peplus.
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slipper spurge

  • noun any of several tropical American shrubby succulent plants resembling cacti but having foot-shaped bracts
    slipper plant.
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spurge family

  • noun a family of plants of order Geraniales
    family Euphorbiaceae; Euphorbiaceae.
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Spurge flax

  • an evergreen shrub (Daphne Gnidium) with crowded narrow leaves. It is native of Southern Europe.
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Spurge laurel

  • noun bushy Eurasian shrub with glossy leathery oblong leaves and yellow-green flowers
    Daphne laureola; wood laurel.
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  • a European shrub (Daphne Laureola) with oblong evergreen leaves.
Webster 1913

Spurge nettle

  • noun a stinging herb of tropical America
    tread-softly; pica-pica; Cnidoscolus urens; devil nettle; Jatropha urens; Jatropha stimulosus.
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  • . See under Nettle.
Webster 1913

Spurge olive

  • an evergreen shrub (Daphne oleoides) found in the Mediterranean region.
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sun spurge

  • noun not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun
    Euphorbia helioscopia; wartwort; wartweed; devil's milk.
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toothed spurge

  • noun an annual weed of northeastern North America with dentate leaves
    Euphorbia dentata.
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tramp's spurge

  • noun common perennial United States spurge having showy white petallike bracts
    flowering spurge; tramp's spurge; Euphorbia corollata.
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Wart spurge

  • (Bot.), a kind of wartwort (Euphorbia Helioscopia).
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wild spurge

  • noun common perennial United States spurge having showy white petallike bracts
    flowering spurge; tramp's spurge; Euphorbia corollata.
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wood spurge

  • noun European perennial herb with greenish yellow terminal flower clusters
    Euphorbia amygdaloides.
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