noun
1. poisonous Old World spurge; adventive in America; seeds yield a purgative oil
• Syn: ↑caper spurge, ↑myrtle spurge, ↑Euphorbia lathyris
• Hypernyms: ↑spurge
• Member Holonyms: ↑Euphorbia, ↑genus Euphorbia
2. showy poinsettia found from the southern United States to Peru
• Syn: ↑Japanese poinsettia, ↑paint leaf, ↑Euphorbia heterophylla
• Hypernyms: ↑spurge
• Member Holonyms: ↑Euphorbia, ↑genus Euphorbia
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noun also mole treeUseful english dictionary. 2012.