noun
Meaning 1
Any plant of the genus Euphorbia, the spurges.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
euphorbia
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General-American: /juˈfoɹ.bi.ə/
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)biə
noun
Meaning 2
type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: genus Euphorbia
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rosid dicot genus
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin euphorbia by 1601, reinforced by taxonomic name Euphorbia after 1753. Variant form euforbia is attested in Middle English.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: малача́й (malačáj) — plant of the genus Euphorbia
- Catalan: eufòrbia — plant of the genus Euphorbia
- Chinese Mandarin: 大戟 (dàjǐ) — plant of the genus Euphorbia
- French: euphorbe — plant of the genus Euphorbia
- German: Euphorbie — plant of the genus Euphorbia
- Greek: ευφορβία (efforvía) — plant of the genus Euphorbia
- Icelandic: mjólkursafajurt — plant of the genus Euphorbia
- Japanese: 灯台草 (tōdaigusa) — plant of the genus Euphorbia
- Kazakh: сүттіген (süttıgen) — plant of the genus Euphorbia
- Latin: euphorbia — plant of the genus Euphorbia
- Polish: wilczomlecz — plant of the genus Euphorbia
- Russian: молоча́й (moločáj) — plant of the genus Euphorbia
- Spanish: euforbio — plant of the genus Euphorbia
- Vietnamese: đại kích — plant of the genus Euphorbia
- Xhosa: intsema — plant of the genus Euphorbia
- Xhosa: umhlontlo — plant of the genus Euphorbia