spurge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /spɜːdʒ/
ipa: /spɜɹdʒ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒ
Forms: form: spurges
Etymology: Etymology tree
Old French espurgebor.
Middle English spurge
English spurge
Inherited from Middle English spurge, from Old French espurge, from espurgier (“to purge”), from Latin expurgo (“I purge”); the bitter milky sap of these plants was formerly used as a purgative.
Senses: examples: text: But cockle, spurge, according to their law / Might propagate their kind, with none to awe, / You'd think; a burr had been a treasure trove.
ref: 1855, Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came, section X:
text: A compound of spurge, cardamom, cinnamon of Mecca, pellitory, ginger, nettle seed is an Arab specific for sexual weakness.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 228:
glosses: Any plant of the genus Euphorbia, a diverse genus of over 2,000 species.
synonyms: euphorbia
glosses: Any plant of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae.
glosses: A plant resembling those in genus Euphorbia in some aspect of its appearance.
Hypernyms: malvid
fabid
rosid
eudicot
angiosperm
tracheophyte
plant
Hyponyms: taxonomic: Euphorbia horrida
word: African milk barrel
word: African milk tree
taxonomic: Euphorbia trigona
word: cathedral cactus
taxonomic: Euphorbia hirta
word: asthma-plant
taxonomic: Euphorbia obesa
word: baseball plant
word: candelabra tree
taxonomic: Euphorbia antisyphilitica
word: candelilla
word: caper spurge
word: gopher spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia lathyris
word: paper spurge
word: cliff spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia misera
word: coast spurge
word: crown of thorns
taxonomic: Euphorbia milii
word: Christ plant
taxonomic: Euphorbia epithymoides
word: cushion spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia cyparissias
word: cypress spurge
word: devil's backbone
taxonomic: Euphorbia tithymaloides
word: redbird cactus
word: dwarf poinsettia
word: fire-on-the-mountain
taxonomic: Euphorbia cyathophora
word: wild poinsettia
word: glade spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia purpurea
word: purple spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia rigida
word: upright myrtle spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia gregersenii
word: Gregersen's spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia griffithii
word: Griffith's spurge
word: leafy spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia esula
word: green spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia neriifolia
word: Indian spurge tree
word: Indian tree spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia tirucalli
word: milk bush
taxonomic: Euphorbia caducifolia
word: leafless milk hedge
taxonomic: Euphorbia nivulia
word: leafy milk hedge
taxonomic: Euphorbia leuconeura
word: Madagascar jewel
taxonomic: Euphorbia characias
word: Mediterranean spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia caput-medusae
word: Medusa's head
word: mottled spurge
word: frilled fan
taxonomic: Euphorbia lactea
word: elkhorn
word: myrtle spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia myrsinites
word: creeping spurge
word: painted spurge
word: painted euphorbia
taxonomic: Euphorbia heterophylla
word: Mexican fireplant
taxonomic: Euphorbia peplus
word: petty spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia pekinensis
word: Peking spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia tirucalli
word: pencil tree
word: poinsettia
taxonomic: Euphorbia pulcherrima
word: painted leaf
taxonomic: Euphorbia peplis
word: purple spurge
word: rattlesnake weed
taxonomic: Euphorbia albomarginata
word: white-margined sandmat
taxonomic: Euphorbia cotinifolia
word: red spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia resinifera
word: resin spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia psammogeton
word: sand spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia fulgens
word: scarlet plume
taxonomic: Euphorbia paralias
word: sea spurge
word: serrated spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia serrata
word: sawtooth spurge
word: spotted spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia maculata
word: prostrate spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia helioscopia
word: sun spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia dendroides
word: tree spurge
word: variegated spurge
word: white-margined spurge
word: snow-on-the-mountain
taxonomic: Euphorbia marginata
word: smoke-on-the-prairie
taxonomic: Euphorbia amygdaloides
word: wood spurge
Derived terms: word: balsam spurge
word: Allegheny spurge
taxonomic: Pachysandra procumbens
word: Allegheny mountain spurge
taxonomic: Amperea xiphoclada
word: broom spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia lathyris
word: caper spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia misera
word: cliff spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia misera
word: coast spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia myrsinites
word: creeping spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia epithymoides
word: cushion spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia cyparissias
word: cypress spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia exigua
word: dwarf spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia corollata
word: flowering spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia purpurea
word: glade spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia rigida
word: gopher spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia cyparissias
word: graveyard spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia esula
word: green spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia gregersenii
word: Gregersen's spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia griffithii
word: Griffith's spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia hirsuta
word: hairy spurge
taxonomic: Tetracoccus hallii
word: Hall's shrubby spurge)
taxonomic: Euphorbia neriifolia
word: Indian spurge tree
taxonomic: Euphorbia tirucalli
word: Indian tree spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia ipecacuanhae
word: ipecac spurge
taxonomic: Pachysandra terminalis
word: Japanese spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia polygonifolia
word: knotweed spurge
word: leaf spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia esula
word: leafy spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia characias
word: Mediterranean spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia lactea
word: mottled spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia lathyris
word: myrtle spurge
taxonomic: Jatropha spp.
word: nettlespurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia heterophylla
word: painted spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia lathyris
word: paper spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia pekinensis
word: Peking spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia peplus
word: petty spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia pilulifera
word: pill-bearing spurge
alt: Chamaesyce nuttallii
word: prairie spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia maculata
word: prostrate spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia purpurea
word: purple spurge
word: red spurge Euphorbia cotinifolia)
taxonomic: Euphorbia resinifera
word: resin spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia psammogeton
word: sand spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia serrata
word: sawtooth spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia polygonifolia
word: seaside spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia paralias
word: sea spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia serrata
word: serrated spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia polygonifolia
word: shore spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia rigida
word: silver spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia tithymaloides
word: slipper spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia maculata
word: spotted spurge
taxonomic: Daphne laureola
word: spurge daphne
taxonomic: Thymelaea passerina
word: spurge flax
taxonomic: Hyles euphorbiae
word: spurge hawk-moth
taxonomic: Daphne laureola
word: spurge laurel
taxonomic: Cnidoscolus stimulosus
word: spurge nettle
taxonomic: Cneorum tricoccon
word: spurge olive
taxonomic: Euphorbia maculata
word: stubble spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia helioscopia
word: sun spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia dentata
word: toothed spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia corollata
word: tramp's spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia dendroides
word: tree spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia rigida
word: upright myrtle spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia marginata
word: variegated spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia helioscopia
word: wart spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia marginata
word: white-margined spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia corollata
word: wild spurge
taxonomic: Euphorbia amygdaloides
word: wood spurge