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caper spurge

noun

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

• Syn: ↑myrtle spurge, ↑mole plant, ↑Euphorbia lathyris

• Hypernyms: ↑spurge

• Member Holonyms: ↑Euphorbia, ↑genus Euphorbia

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noun

Etymology: caper (I)

: a poisonous European spurge (Euphorbia lathyrus) that is adventive in America and has seeds that yield a purgative oil — called also mole plant

Useful english dictionary. 2012.