EUPHORBIACEAE


Meaning of EUPHORBIACEAE in English

 ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈāsēˌē noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Euphorbia, type genus + -aceae

: a widely distributed family of herbs, shrubs, or trees (order Geraniales) with usually milky often poisonous juice, unisexual flowers, and a superior usually trilocular ovary and including several medicinal plants (as those yielding castor oil and croton oil), several trees yielding caoutchouc, and the cassava — see hevea , manihot

• eu·phor·bi·a·ceous  ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|āshəs adjective

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