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CYPRESS SPURGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cypress spurge mean?
• CYPRESS SPURGE (noun)
The noun CYPRESS SPURGE has 1 sense:
1. Old World perennial having foliage resembling cypress; naturalized as a weed in the United States
Familiarity information: CYPRESS SPURGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Old World perennial having foliage resembling cypress; naturalized as a weed in the United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
cypress spurge; Euphorbia cyparissias
Hypernyms ("cypress spurge" is a kind of...):
spurge (any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice)
Holonyms ("cypress 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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