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euphorbia

euphorbia [ yoo fáwrbi ə ] (plural euphorbias)


noun 
Definition:
 
plant with milky juice: a plant such as spurge or poinsettia with milky juice. Flowers: green. Genus Euphorbia.

[12th century. < Latin euphorbea<Euphorbus (1st century bc), physician to Juba, king of Mauritania]
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