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CACTUS EUPHORBIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cactus euphorbia mean? 

CACTUS EUPHORBIA (noun)
  The noun CACTUS EUPHORBIA has 1 sense:

1. small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabraplay

  Familiarity information: CACTUS EUPHORBIA used as a noun is very rare.


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CACTUS EUPHORBIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cactus euphorbia; Euphorbia ingens; naboom

Hypernyms ("cactus euphorbia" is a kind of...):

spurge (any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice)

Holonyms ("cactus euphorbia" is a member of...):

Euphorbia; genus Euphorbia (type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice)


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