euphorbia [yoo-fawr-bee-uh] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- any plant of the genus Euphorbia, comprising the spurges.
Origin of euphorbia 1350–1400; Middle English euforbia for Latin euphorbea, an African plant named after Euphorbos, a Greek physician Examples from the Web for euphorbia Contemporary Examples of euphorbia
And just below us, somewhere among the candelabra and euphorbia trees, were a handful of Diceros bicornis: the black rhino.
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Historical Examples of euphorbia
Engelmann cites it in Triticum repens, Roëper in Euphorbia palustris.
Maxwell T. Masters
The milk-post of the pandal is made of milk-hedge (Euphorbia Tirucalli).
Castes and Tribes of Southern India
Edgar Thurston
At the same elevation Euphorbia pentagona makes its appearance.
Thomas Thomson
There are caterpillars which eat the leaves of the Euphorbia, or spurge, for instance.
Louis Figuier
I noticed that it had been poisoned—poisoned by euphorbia juice.
H.C. Adams
British Dictionary definitions for euphorbia euphorbia noun
- any plant of the genus Euphorbia, such as the spurges and poinsettia: family Euphorbiaceae
Word Origin for euphorbia C14 euforbia: from Latin euphorbea African plant named after Euphorbus, first-century ad Greek physician