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CAPER SPURGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does caper spurge mean? 

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

1. poisonous Old World spurge; adventive in America; seeds yield a purgative oilplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CAPER SPURGE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Poisonous Old World spurge; adventive in America; seeds yield a purgative oil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

caper spurge; Euphorbia lathyris; mole plant; myrtle spurge

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

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

Holonyms ("caper spurge" 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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