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spurge
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /sp?d?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sp??d?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d?
Etymology 1
Late Middle English, from Old French espurge (“to purge”), espurgier, from Latin expurgo (“I purge”); the bitter milky sap of these plants was formerly used as a purgative.
Noun
spurge (usually uncountable, plural spurges)
- Any plant of the genus Euphorbia, a diverse genus of over 2,000 species.
- 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, X:
- But cockle, spurge, according to their law / Might propagate their kind, with none to awe, / You'd think; a burr had been a treasure trove.
- 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, X:
Derived terms
- Allegheny spurge (Pachysandra procumbens)
- cushion spurge (Euphorbia epithymoides)
- cypress spurge (Euphorbia cyparissias)
- Indian spurge tree (Euphorbia neriifolia)
- Indian tree spurge (Euphorbia tirucalli)
- Japanese spurge (Pachysandra terminalis)
- leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula)
- Mediterranean spurge (Euphorbia characias)
- mottled spurge (Euphorbia lactea)
- myrtle spurge, creeping spurge (Euphorbia myrsinites)
- petty spurge (Euphorbia peplus)
- Peking spurge (Euphorbia pekinensis)
- purple spurge (Euphorbia peplis)
- resin spurge (Euphorbia resinifera)
- sand spurge (Euphorbia psammogeton)
- sea spurge (Euphorbia paralias)
- serrated spurge, sawtooth spurge (Euphorbia serrata)
- spotted spurge, prostrate spurge (Euphorbia maculata)
- spurge flax (Thymelaea passerina)
- spurge laurel (Daphne laureola)
- spurge nettle (Cnidoscolus stimulosus)
- spurge olive (Daphne mezereum)
- sun spurge (Euphorbia helioscopia)
- tree spurge (Euphorbia dendroides)
- wood spurge (Euphorbia amygdaloides)
- caper spurge, paper spurge, gopher spurge Euphorbia lathyris)
- gopher spurge, upright myrtle spurge (Euphorbia rigida)
Translations
References
- spurge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Euphorbia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Euphorbia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Etymology 2
Uncertain.
Verb
spurge (third-person singular simple present spurges, present participle spurging, simple past and past participle spurged)
- (intransitive) To emit foam; to froth; said of the emission of yeast from beer during fermentation.
- 1661, W. Cartwright, Siedge
- The body's somthing noysome: 'tis a stale one; / Good troth it spurgeth very monstrously.
- 1661, W. Cartwright, Siedge
Translations
Anagrams
- Grupes, Super G, purges, super G
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spurged
English
Verb
spurged
- simple past tense and past participle of spurge
Anagrams
- spudger
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