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Aphyllous :: Aphyllous (a.) Destitute of leaves, as the broom rape, certain euphorbiaceous plants, etc..

Euphorbia :: Euphorbia (n.) Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species, mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid, milky juice. Some of them are armed with thorns. Most of them yield powerful emetic and cathartic products..

Turnsole :: Turnsole (a.) The euphorbiaceous plant Chrozophora tinctoria.

Luteic :: Luteic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid resembling luteolin, but obtained from the flowers of Euphorbia cyparissias..

Tithymal :: Tithymal (n.) Any kind of spurge, esp. Euphorbia Cyparissias..

Euphorbium :: Euphorbium (n.) An inodorous exudation, usually in the form of yellow tears, produced chiefly by the African Euphorbia resinifrea. It was formerly employed medicinally, but was found so violent in its effects that its use is nearly abandoned..

Wolf''s-milk :: Wolf's-milk (n.) Any kind of spurge (Euphorbia); -- so called from its acrid milky juice.

Poinsettia :: Poinsettia (n.) A Mexican shrub (Euphorbia pulcherrima) with very large and conspicuous vermilion bracts below the yellowish flowers.

Jewbush :: "Jewbush (n.) A euphorbiaceous shrub of the genus Pedilanthus (P. tithymaloides), found in the West Indies, and possessing powerful emetic and drastic qualities..

Cassava :: Cassava (n.) A shrubby euphorbiaceous plant of the genus Manihot, with fleshy rootstocks yielding an edible starch; -- called also manioc..

Caoutchouc :: Caoutchouc (n.) A tenacious, elastic, gummy substance obtained from the milky sap of several plants of tropical South America (esp. the euphorbiaceous tree Siphonia elastica or Hevea caoutchouc), Asia, and Africa. Being impermeable to liquids and gases, and not readly affected by exposure to air, acids, and alkalies, it is used, especially when vulcanized, for many purposes in the arts and in manufactures. Also called India rubber (because it was first brought from India, and was formerly used c

Euphorbial :: Euphorbial (a.) Of, relating to, or resembling, the Euphorbia family..

Spurgewort :: Spurge (n.) Any plant of the genus Euphorbia. See Euphorbia.

Cascarilla :: Cascarilla (n.) A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub (Croton Eleutheria); also, its aromatic bark..

Siphonia :: Siphonia (n.) A former name for a euphorbiaceous genus (Hevea) of South American trees, the principal source of caoutchouc..

Croton :: Croton (n.) A genus of euphorbiaceous plants belonging to tropical countries.

Turnsole :: Turnsole (a.) A kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia).

Spurging :: Spurgewort (n.) Any euphorbiaceous plant.

Kattinumdoo :: Kattinumdoo (n.) A caoutchouc like substance obtained from the milky juice of the East Indian Euphorbia Kattimundoo. It is used as a cement.

Wartwort :: Wartwort (n.) A name given to several plants because they were thought to be a cure for warts, as a kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia), and the nipplewort (Lampsana communis)..

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