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euphorbia

/yoo-fawr-bee-uh/US // yuˈfɔr bi ə //UK // (juːˈfɔːbɪə) //

山梨花,大叶女贞,山梨树,大戟

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any plant of the genus Euphorbia, comprising the spurges.

Examples

  • And just below us, somewhere among the candelabra and euphorbia trees, were a handful of Diceros bicornis: the black rhino.

  • Besides cocillana the preparation contains two other obsolete drugs, wild lettuce and euphorbia pilulifera.

  • The concrete resinous juice of the Euphorbia canariensis, and other species of the same genus.

  • The milky juice of the common cypress spurge (Euphorbia Cyparissias) will cure warts.

  • The curious cactus-like Euphorbia Royleana grows abundantly and is used for making hedges.

  • Here and there, only in the cleft of a rock, a giant euphorbia may be seen, sole lord of its sterile domain.