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 Euphorbia : also : any of various other plants that belong to the same family (Euphorbiaceae) .
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