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EUPHORBIA HELIOSCOPIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Euphorbia helioscopia mean?
• EUPHORBIA HELIOSCOPIA (noun)
The noun EUPHORBIA HELIOSCOPIA has 1 sense:
1. not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun
Familiarity information: EUPHORBIA HELIOSCOPIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EUPHORBIA HELIOSCOPIA (noun)
Sense 1
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 ("Euphorbia helioscopia" is a kind of...):
spurge (any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice)
Holonyms ("Euphorbia helioscopia" 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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