EUPHORBIA LATHYRIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Euphorbia lathyris mean? 

• EUPHORBIA LATHYRIS (noun)
  The noun EUPHORBIA LATHYRIS has 1 sense:

1. poisonous Old World spurge; adventive in America; seeds yield a purgative oil

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• EUPHORBIA LATHYRIS (noun)

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Meaning:

Poisonous Old World spurge; adventive in America; seeds yield a purgative oil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

caper spurge; Euphorbia lathyris; mole plant; myrtle spurge

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

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

Holonyms ("Euphorbia lathyris" is a member of...):

Euphorbia; genus Euphorbia (type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice)