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WILD SPURGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wild spurge mean?
• WILD SPURGE (noun)
The noun WILD SPURGE has 1 sense:
1. common perennial United States spurge having showy white petallike bracts
Familiarity information: WILD SPURGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("wild spurge" is a kind of...):
spurge (any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice)
Holonyms ("wild 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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