HyperDic: myrtle_spurge

English > 1 sense of the expression myrtle spurge:
NOUNplantmyrtle spurge, caper spurge, mole plant, Euphorbia lathyrispoisonous Old World spurge
English > myrtle spurge: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningpoisonous Old World spurge; adventive in America; seeds yield a purgative oil.
Synonymscaper spurge, mole plant, Euphorbia lathyris
Member ofEuphorbia, genus Euphorbiatype genus of the Euphorbiaceae
BroaderspurgeAny of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia
CatalanEuphorbia lathyris

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