euphorbia

[ yoo-fawr-bee-uh ]

/ yuˈfɔr bi ə /

any plant of the genus Euphorbia, comprising the spurges.

Origin of euphorbia

1350–1400; Middle English euforbia for Latin euphorbea, an African plant named after Euphorbos, a Greek physician

He certainly said that euphorbia sometimes produced bleeding of the nose, but it was not a case of sometimes but always.

The Memoires of Casanova, Complete |Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
The small creeping plant said to be poisonous to stock (Euphorbia Drummondi), appears immediately after rain.

Early Days in North Queensland |Edward Palmer
Besides cocillana the preparation contains two other obsolete drugs, wild lettuce and euphorbia pilulifera.

The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2 |Various
Their principal weapon is the bow and arrow; the arrow they steep in the juice of euphorbia and other poisonous plants.

Some Heroes of Travel |W. H. Davenport Adams

Roeper has observed this phenomenon in Euphorbia palustris, and in Gentiana campestris.

Vegetable Teratology |Maxwell T. Masters

euphorbia

/ (juːˈfɔːbɪə) /

any plant of the genus Euphorbia, such as the spurges and poinsettia: family Euphorbiaceae

C14 euforbia: from Latin euphorbea African plant named after Euphorbus, first-century ad Greek physician