: any of a family (Euphorbiaceae) of widely distributed herbs, shrubs, and trees often with a bitter milky juice
especially
: euphorbia
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Another class of plants to watch out for is the spurge family, which includes leafy spurge and spotted spurge.
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Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 5 June 2024
On the other hand, none of the ragweed, black mustard, spotted spurge, arborvitae, corncockle, rye brome, American burnweed, or broadleaf plantain seeds sprouted.
—Kate Golembiewski, Discover Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
The beans are actually seed pods from a shrub native to Mexico and are more closely related to spurges than legumes, despite being colloquially known as beans.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 9 Feb. 2023
There are no spots, so this is Euphorbia prostrata, ground spurge.
—oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2023
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Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 5 June 2024
On the other hand, none of the ragweed, black mustard, spotted spurge, arborvitae, corncockle, rye brome, American burnweed, or broadleaf plantain seeds sprouted.
—Kate Golembiewski, Discover Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
The beans are actually seed pods from a shrub native to Mexico and are more closely related to spurges than legumes, despite being colloquially known as beans.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 9 Feb. 2023
There are no spots, so this is Euphorbia prostrata, ground spurge.
—oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2023
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“Spurge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spurge. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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spurge
noun
: any of various mostly shrubby plants (family Euphorbiaceae, the spurge family, and especially genus Euphorbia) that have a bitter milky juice and that include several which have been used medicinally see ipecac spurge
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