Euphorbia

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Euphorbia \Eu*phor"bi*a\, n. [NL., fr. L. euphorbea. See
     {Euphorrium}.] (Bot.)
     Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species,
     mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid,
     milky juice. Some of them are armed with thorns. Most of them
     yield powerful emetic and cathartic products. Euphorbiaceous



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Euphorbia
       n : type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse
           plants all having milky juice [syn: {genus Euphorbia}]