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euphorbia

[ yoo-fawr-bee-uh ]

noun

  1. any plant of the genus Euphorbia, comprising the spurges.


euphorbia

/ juːˈfɔːbɪə /

noun

  1. any plant of the genus Euphorbia, such as the spurges and poinsettia: family Euphorbiaceae
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of euphorbia1

1350–1400; Middle English euforbia for Latin euphorbea, an African plant named after Euphorbos, a Greek physician
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Word History and Origins

Origin of euphorbia1

C14 euforbia: from Latin euphorbea African plant named after Euphorbus, first-century ad Greek physician
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Example Sentences

And just below us, somewhere among the candelabra and euphorbia trees, were a handful of Diceros bicornis: the black rhino.

Besides cocillana the preparation contains two other obsolete drugs, wild lettuce and euphorbia pilulifera.

The concrete resinous juice of the Euphorbia canariensis, and other species of the same genus.

The milky juice of the common cypress spurge (Euphorbia Cyparissias) will cure warts.

The curious cactus-like Euphorbia Royleana grows abundantly and is used for making hedges.

Here and there, only in the cleft of a rock, a giant euphorbia may be seen, sole lord of its sterile domain.

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