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EUPHORBIA FULGENS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Euphorbia fulgens mean? 

EUPHORBIA FULGENS (noun)
  The noun EUPHORBIA FULGENS has 1 sense:

1. Mexican shrub often cultivated for its scarlet-bracted flowersplay

  Familiarity information: EUPHORBIA FULGENS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EUPHORBIA FULGENS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Mexican shrub often cultivated for its scarlet-bracted flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Euphorbia fulgens; scarlet plume

Hypernyms ("Euphorbia fulgens" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Euphorbia fulgens" 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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