̷ ̷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