| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| euphorbia |
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| SYLLABICATION: | eu·phor·bi·a |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  y -fôr b - |
| NOUN: | A plant of the genus Euphorbia, which includes the spurges. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English euforbia, from Latin euphorbea, after Euphorbus, first-century a.d. Greek physician.
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