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Meanings of euphorbia in English
Portuguese
euphorbia Catalan
genus euphorbia Type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice.
Usage of euphorbia in English
1
Here is a parterre of the purple monarda, there the euphorbia sheds its silver leaf.
2
Doubt is the narcotic, and the poison in the barrel, and the euphorbia in the stream.
3
Amy said: 'So that's why the euphorbia worked.'
4
Two plants dominated the scene: grasses and euphorbia -everything else was either dormant or buried.
5
But like other euphorbia, it produces a corrosive sap that causes severe rashes and eye irritation.
6
The juice of the species of euphorbia, common in these countries, is also used for poisoning arrows.
7
The euphorbia trees and other vegetation on the lower terrace are of small size and apparently of recent origin.
8
The cactuses reach the height of fifteen feet, and grow in the form of candelabra, like the euphorbia of Africa.
9
Villages, as usual encircled by euphorbia hedges, were numerous, and a great deal of grain had been cultivated around them.
10
We there found not only cactuses, tufts of cistus-leaved tribulus, and the beautiful purple euphorbia,* (* Euphorbia tithymaloides.)
11
We arrived at Mbanga, a village embowered in trees, chiefly of the euphorbia, so common in the Manganja country further south.
12
He certainly said that euphorbia sometimes produced bleeding of the nose, but it was not a case of sometimes but always.
13
As Jack and Franz wanted to gallop, I allowed them to press forward, while Fritz and I visited the euphorbia trees.
14
As Jack and Franz wanted a gallop, I allowed them to press forward, while Fritz and I visited the euphorbia trees.
15
Yellow and orange euphorbia bushes filled the hillsides, giving the landscape the feeling of autumn, even though it was still spring.
16
The ground was sandy, but firm, and interspersed with numerous villages, all of which were surrounded with a strong fence of euphorbia.
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