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spurge

spurge [ spurj ] (plural spurg·es)


noun 
Definition:
 
plant with bitter juice: an herbaceous plant or bush that has flowers without petals and a bitter milky juice. Genus Euphorbia.

[14th century. < Old French espurge< espurgier "purge" < Latin expurgare (see expurgate)]
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