Euphorbiaceae

plural noun

Eu·​phor·​bi·​a·​ce·​ae

: a widely distributed family of herbs, shrubs, or trees (order Geraniales) with usually milky often poisonous juice, unisexual flowers, and a superior usually trilocular ovary and including several medicinal plants (such as those yielding castor oil and croton oil), several trees yielding caoutchouc, and the cassava see hevea, manihot

euphorbiaceous

⸗¦⸗⸗¦āshəs

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Euphorbia, type genus + -aceae

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