spurge

Any of numerous herbs, shrubs, or trees of the genus Euphorbia, characteristically having milky juice and a cluster of small unisexual flowers that are surrounded by a cuplike structure composed of fused bracts.

A plant of the genus Euphorbia.

To purge; cleanse; rid.

To purge; froth; emit froth; especially, to work and cleanse itself, as ale.

To emit foam; to froth; — said of the emission of yeast from beer in course of fermentation.

Any plant of the genus Euphorbia. See euphorbia.

an evergreen shrub (Daphne Gnidium) with crowded narrow leaves. It is a native of Southern Europe.

a European shrub (Daphne Laureola) with oblong evergreen leaves.

See under Nettle.

an evergreen shrub (Daphne oleoides) found in the Mediterranean region.