spurge in English

noun
1
a herbaceous plant or shrub with milky latex and very small typically greenish flowers. Many kinds are cultivated as ornamentals and some are of commercial importance.
‘Wortflower’ and ‘wortgrass’ were local names for buttercup and petty spurge , plants that were believed to cure warts.

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1. Croton, (Codiaeum variegatum), colourful-leaved plant of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae)

2. Croton: [noun] any of a genus (Croton) of herbs, shrubs, and trees of the spurge family: such as

3. Part of the large Spurge genus, Cassava (Manihot esculenta) is a perennial, woody shrub that is native to South America

4. Cassava, (Manihot esculenta), also called manioc, mandioca, or yuca, tuberous edible plant of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae) from the American tropics

5. Croton definition, any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genusCroton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C

6. Jatropha gossypiifolia, commonly known as Bellyache bush, black physicnut or cotton-leaf physicnut, is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae