English Explanatory Dictionary

caper spurge

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An erect, biennial spurge native to southern Europe, northern Africa, and southwest Asia into central Asia, of species Euphorbia lathyris.

Word forms

caper spurge caper spurges

Etymology

Named for the resemblance of its toxic fruits to those of the edible caperberry (Capparis spinosa).

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