SUN SPURGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sun spurge mean? 

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

1. not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUN SPURGE (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 ("sun spurge" is a kind of...):

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

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

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