PETTY SPURGE
Dictionary entry overview: What does petty spurge mean? • PETTY SPURGE (noun)
The noun PETTY SPURGE has 1 sense:
1. an Old World spurge introduced as a weed in the eastern United States
Familiarity information: PETTY SPURGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PETTY SPURGE (noun)
Meaning:
An Old World spurge introduced as a weed in the eastern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
devil's milk; Euphorbia peplus; petty spurge
Hypernyms ("petty spurge" is a kind of...):
spurge (any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice)
Holonyms ("petty spurge" is a member of...):
Euphorbia; genus Euphorbia (type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice)
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