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ALLEGHENY SPURGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Allegheny spurge mean? 

ALLEGHENY SPURGE (noun)
  The noun ALLEGHENY SPURGE has 1 sense:

1. low semi-evergreen perennial herb having small spikes of white or pinkish flowers; native to southern United States but grown elsewhereplay

  Familiarity information: ALLEGHENY SPURGE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ALLEGHENY SPURGE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Low semi-evergreen perennial herb having small spikes of white or pinkish flowers; native to southern United States but grown elsewhere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Allegheny mountain spurge; Allegheny spurge; Pachysandra procumbens

Hypernyms ("Allegheny spurge" is a kind of...):

pachysandra (any plant of the genus Pachysandra; low-growing evergreen herbs or subshrubs having dentate leaves and used as ground cover)


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