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