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eu·phor·bia

n 1  :  a large genus (family Euphorbiaceae) of plants that have a milky juice and flowers lacking a calyx and included in an involucre which surrounds a group of several staminate flowers and a central pistillate flower with 3-lobed pistils and that include a number which have been used medicinally  2  :  any plant of the genus Euphorbiaalso  :  any of various other plants that belong to the same family (Euphorbiaceae) .
 
 

 
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