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Meaning
noun any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice
originEtymology tree Old French espurgebor. Middle English spurge English spurge Inherited from Middle English spurge, from Old French espurge, from espurgier (“to purge”), from Latin expurgo (“to purge”); the bitter milky sap of these plants was formerly used as a purgative.
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