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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 Statesplay

  Familiarity information: EUPHORBIA CYPARISSIAS used as a noun is very rare.


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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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