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cypress spurge

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An erect, perennial spurge, native to Europe and an invasive species in North America, of species Euphorbia cyparissias.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: graveyard spurge

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

Old World perennial having foliage resembling cypress; naturalized as a weed in the United States

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Euphorbia cyparissias

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: spurge

History

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Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: pryšec chvojka — Euphorbia cyparissias
  • Danish: cypresvortemælk — Euphorbia cyparissias
  • Dutch: cipreswolfsmelk — Euphorbia cyparissias
  • Finnish: tarhatyräkki — Euphorbia cyparissias
  • Finnish: kuusityräkki — Euphorbia cyparissias
  • French: euphorbe petit-cyprès — Euphorbia cyparissias
  • German: Zypressen-Wolfsmilch — Euphorbia cyparissias
  • Hungarian: farkas kutyatej — Euphorbia cyparissias
  • Italian: euforbia cipressina — Euphorbia cyparissias
  • Lithuanian: siauralapė karpažolė — Euphorbia cyparissias
  • Polish: wilczomlecz sosnka — Euphorbia cyparissias
  • Romanian: laptele-câinelui — Euphorbia cyparissias
  • Russian: молочай кипарисовый (moločaj kiparisovyj) — Euphorbia cyparissias
  • Scottish Gaelic: lus a' chomain — Euphorbia cyparissias
  • Slovak: mliečnik chvojkový — Euphorbia cyparissias
  • Slovene: cipresasti mleček — Euphorbia cyparissias
  • Lower Sorbian: cypresowe wjelkowe mloko — Euphorbia cyparissias
  • Upper Sorbian: sucha mlóčeń — Euphorbia cyparissias
  • Spanish: euforbia ciprés — Euphorbia cyparissias
  • Spanish: esula menor — Euphorbia cyparissias
  • Spanish: mirabel lechero — Euphorbia cyparissias
  • Swedish: vårtörel — Euphorbia cyparissias
  • Ukrainian: молочай кипарисоподібний (moločaj kyparysopodibnyj) — Euphorbia cyparissias
  • Welsh: llaethlys cypreswydd — Euphorbia cyparissias