SPURGE


Meaning of SPURGE in English

/sperrj/ , n.

any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia, having a milky juice and flowers with no petals or sepals. Cf. spurge family .

[ 1350-1400; ME espurge, n. deriv. of espurgier to cleanse expurgare. See EX- 1 , PURGE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .