HyperDic: christ_plant

English > 1 sense of the expression Christ plant:
NOUNplantChrist plant, crown of thorns, Christ thorn, Euphorbia miliisomewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar / Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts
English > Christ plant: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningSomewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar / Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts.
Synonymscrown of thorns, Christ thorn, Euphorbia milii
Member ofEuphorbia, genus Euphorbiatype genus of the Euphorbiaceae
BroaderspurgeAny of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia

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