DEVIL'S MILK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does devil's milk mean? 

• DEVIL'S MILK (noun)
  The noun DEVIL'S MILK has 2 senses:

1. an Old World spurge introduced as a weed in the eastern United States

2. not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun

  Familiarity information: DEVIL'S MILK used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEVIL'S MILK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An Old World spurge introduced as a weed in the eastern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

devil's milk; Euphorbia peplus; petty spurge

Hypernyms ("devil's milk" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("devil's milk" is a member of...):

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

devil's milk; Euphorbia helioscopia; sun spurge; wartweed; wartwort

Hypernyms ("devil's milk" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("devil's milk" is a member of...):

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