spurge
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
spurge (uncountable)
- Any plant of the genus Euphorbia, a diverse genus of over 2,000 species.
- 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, X:
- But cockle, spurge, according to their law / Might propagate their kind, with none to awe, / You'd think; a burr had been a treasure trove.
- 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, X:
- French: euphorbe
- German: Wolfsmilch
- Italian: euforbia
- Portuguese: eufórbio
- Russian: молоча́й
- Spanish: euforbio
spurge (spurges, present participle spurging; past and past participle spurged)
- (intransitive) To emit foam; to froth; said of the emission of yeast from beer during fermentation.
- 1661, W. Cartwright, Siedge
- The body's somthing noysome: 'tis a stale one; / Good troth it spurgeth very monstrously.
- 1661, W. Cartwright, Siedge
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