What is another word for euphorbia?

Pronunciation: [juːfˈɔːbi͡ə] (IPA)

Euphorbia is a common genus of flowering plants that belongs to the family Euphorbiaceae. The plants of this genus are known for their diverse shapes and sizes, and a wide variety of synonyms is used in different regions of the world to refer to this plant. Some of the common synonyms for euphorbia include spurge, wolf's milk, stem-succulent, and milkweed. Other synonyms for this plant include devil's milk, snake milk, many-seeded euphorbia, gem leaf euphorbia, and flowering spurge. Euphorbia is known for its medicinal and ornamental properties and has several uses in traditional medicine and as an ornamental plant in gardens.

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What are the hypernyms for Euphorbia?

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What are the hyponyms for Euphorbia?

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What are the holonyms for Euphorbia?

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What are the meronyms for Euphorbia?

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Usage examples for Euphorbia

390. Bertya oleaefolia, 290. euphorbia hypericifolia?
"Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia In Search of a Route from Sydney to the Gulf of Carpentaria (1848) by Lt. Col. Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell Kt. D.C.L. (1792-1855) Surveyor-General of New South Wales"
Thomas Mitchell
In the depths there was a great variety of trees; date, raffia, fan-palm, sycamore, bread-fruit, euphorbia, immense varieties of senna, acacia; trees with foliage dark and glittering and light or red as blood grew side by side, trunk by trunk, with entangled branches from which shot yellow and purple flowers resembling candlesticks.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
His meditations on this head were promptly cut short, for his escort had emerged upon a small open glade overhung by a high rock, whose summit was plumed by a dark line of straight-stemmed euphorbia, and beneath this sat a group of men, in whose aspect there was something which instinctively told him they were men of the highest authority.
"The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley"
Bertram Mitford

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