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WOOD SPURGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wood spurge mean? 

WOOD SPURGE (noun)
  The noun WOOD SPURGE has 1 sense:

1. European perennial herb with greenish yellow terminal flower clustersplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


WOOD SPURGE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

European perennial herb with greenish yellow terminal flower clusters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Euphorbia amygdaloides; wood spurge

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

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

Holonyms ("wood 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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