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EUPHORBIA CAPUT-MEDUSAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Euphorbia caput-medusae mean?
• EUPHORBIA CAPUT-MEDUSAE (noun)
The noun EUPHORBIA CAPUT-MEDUSAE has 1 sense:
1. African dwarf succulent perennial shrub with numerous slender drooping branches
Familiarity information: EUPHORBIA CAPUT-MEDUSAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EUPHORBIA CAPUT-MEDUSAE (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
African dwarf succulent perennial shrub with numerous slender drooping branches
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Euphorbia caput-medusae; Euphorbia medusae; medusa's head
Hypernyms ("Euphorbia caput-medusae" is a kind of...):
spurge (any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice)
Holonyms ("Euphorbia caput-medusae" 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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