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EUPHORBIA MILII
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Euphorbia milii mean?
• EUPHORBIA MILII (noun)
The noun EUPHORBIA MILII has 1 sense:
1. somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts
Familiarity information: EUPHORBIA MILII used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Christ plant; Christ thorn; crown of thorns; Euphorbia milii
Hypernyms ("Euphorbia milii" is a kind of...):
spurge (any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice)
Holonyms ("Euphorbia milii" 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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