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EUPHORBIA MEDUSAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Euphorbia medusae mean? 

EUPHORBIA MEDUSAE (noun)
  The noun EUPHORBIA MEDUSAE has 1 sense:

1. African dwarf succulent perennial shrub with numerous slender drooping branchesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


EUPHORBIA 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 medusae" is a kind of...):

spurge (any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice)

Holonyms ("Euphorbia 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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