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TRAMP'S SPURGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tramp's spurge mean? 

TRAMP'S SPURGE (noun)
  The noun TRAMP'S SPURGE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: TRAMP'S SPURGE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TRAMP'S SPURGE (noun)


Sense 1

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 ("tramp's spurge" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("tramp's spurge" 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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