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Meanings of euphorbias in English

Russian
молочайные
Portuguese
euforbiáceas
Spanish
trewiaceae
Catalan
euforbiàcies
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Family of plants.

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        Examples for "euphorbiaceae"
        1
        The lactescent plants belong chiefly to the three families of the euphorbiaceae, the urticeae, and the apocineae.
        Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
        2
        The euphorbiaceae assume the form of colossal trees, constituting a considerable part of its strange and luxuriant forest growth.
        The Western World / Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural H...
        3
        The similarity of certain xerophilous Euphorbiaceae to Cactaceae is a ready illustration of this phenomenon.
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
        4
        Ricinus Borboniensis (Euphorbiaceae).-Seedswere purchased under the above name-probablya variety of the common castor-oil plant.
        The Power of Movement in Plants
        5
        As a member of the Euphorbiaceae family, the sap is mildly irritating, but that is the extent of it.
        Wicked plants
        Usage of euphorbias in English
        1
        On and around the graves are planted tree euphorbias and other species of that family.
        Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
        2
        These, and any other weary-looking euphorbias can be tidied up now by cutting out the flowering stalks.
        The Irish Times
        3
        A word of caution about euphorbias: the milky sap that pours from the cut stems is highly irritant.
        The Irish Times
        4
        Wear gloves and long sleeves as euphorbias produce a toxic milky sap that when cut, will burn skin.
        The Guardian
        5
        The country rose from the river in a long gentle slope grown with low brush and scattered candlestick euphorbias.
        The Land of Footprints
        6
        In the savannas the most characteristic trees are the monkey bread tree or baobab (Adanisonia digitata), doom palm (Hyphaene) and euphorbias.
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
        7
        Such hard-working species are plentiful, but at this season it is the euphorbias, or spurges, that are toiling away in the spring garden.
        The Irish Times
        8
        Euphorbias, in Europe mere shrubs, were here smooth-limbed trees, with large flowers.
        Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern
        9
        The Euphorbias were all in flower, but this thing had none.
        Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3
        10
        There were scattered, at wide intervals, the Palafoxia linearis, Atriplex, Encelia farinosa, Daleas, Euphorbias, and a Simsia, described by Dr. Torrey as a new species.
        What I Saw in California / A Description of Its Soil, Climate, P...