FLOWERING SPURGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flowering spurge mean? 

• FLOWERING SPURGE (noun)
  The noun FLOWERING SPURGE has 1 sense:

1. common perennial United States spurge having showy white petallike bracts

  Familiarity information: FLOWERING SPURGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLOWERING SPURGE (noun)

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Meaning:

Common perennial United States spurge having showy white petallike bracts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Euphorbia corollata; flowering spurge; tramp's spurge; wild spurge

Hypernyms ("flowering spurge" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("flowering spurge" is a member of...):

Euphorbia; genus Euphorbia (type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice)