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EUPHORBIA INGENS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Euphorbia ingens mean?
• EUPHORBIA INGENS (noun)
The noun EUPHORBIA INGENS has 1 sense:
1. small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra
Familiarity information: EUPHORBIA INGENS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
cactus euphorbia; Euphorbia ingens; naboom
Hypernyms ("Euphorbia ingens" is a kind of...):
spurge (any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice)
Holonyms ("Euphorbia ingens" 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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