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EUPHORBIA

\juːfˈɔːbi͡ə], \juːfˈɔːbi‍ə], \j_uː_f_ˈɔː_b_iə]\

Definitions of EUPHORBIA

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

A large plant genus of the family EUPHORBIACEAE, order Euphorbiales, subclass Rosidae. They have a milky sap and a female flower consisting of a single pistil, surrounded by numerous male flowers of one stamen each.

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

A cathartic; used in asthmatic affections.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

A genus of plants of many species, including the spurges, abounding in acrid milk.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

A large genus of plants; generally acrid poisons.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A bitter acrid substance obtained from euphorbium.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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