spurge

spurge

any of a genus (Euphorbia) of plants of the spurge family, with milky juice and minute, simplified flowers borne in cuplike inflorescences

Origin of spurge

Middle English from Middle French espurge from espurger, to purge from Classical Latin expurgare: see expurgate

designating a family (Euphorbiaceae, order Euphorbiales) of dicotyledonous plants, usually with milky juice and diclinous flowers, including the poinsettia, cassava, and rubber tree

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spurge

noun

Any of numerous herbs, shrubs, or trees of the genus Euphorbia, characteristically having milky juice and a cluster of small unisexual flowers that are surrounded by a cuplike structure composed of fused bracts. Also called euphorbia .

Origin of spurge

Middle English from Old French espurge from espurgier to purge (from its use as a purgative) from Latin expūrgāre ; see expurgate .

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Noun

(usually uncountable, plural spurges)

Any plant of the species of genus Euphorbia that grow in England and exude a bitter milky juice which was formerly used as a purgative.
Any plant of the genus Euphorbia.

Origin

From Old French espurge.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present spurges, present participle spurging, simple past and past participle spurged)

(intransitive) To emit foam; to froth; said of the emission of yeast from beer during fermentation.

Origin

Uncertain.

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