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spurge

32 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. spurge (noun)
  2. spurge family (noun)
  3. spurge flax (noun)
  4. spurge laurel (noun)
  5. spurge moth (noun)
  6. spurge nettle (noun)
  7. spurge olive (noun)
  8. Allegheny spurge (noun)
  9. caper spurge (noun)
  10. cypress spurge (noun)
  11. dwarf spurge (noun)
  12. flowering spurge (noun)
  13. hairy spurge (noun)
  14. Japanese spurge (noun)
  15. knotweed spurge (noun)
  16. leaf spurge (noun)
  17. leafy spurge (noun)
  18. myrtle spurge (noun)
  19. petty spurge (noun)
  20. pill-bearing spurge (noun)
  21. prairie spurge (noun)
  22. purple spurge (noun)
  23. seaside spurge (noun)
  24. shore spurge (noun)
  25. spotted spurge (noun)
  26. stubble spurge (noun)
  27. sun spurge (noun)
  28. toothed spurge (noun)
  29. variegated spurge (noun)
  30. wood spurge (noun)

spurge

noun \ˈspərj\

Definition of SPURGE

: any of a family (Euphorbiaceae) of widely distributed herbs, shrubs, and trees often with a bitter milky juice; especially : euphorbia

Origin of SPURGE

Middle English, from Anglo-French espurge, spurge, from espurger to clean out, purge, from Latin expurgare — more at expurgate
First Known Use: 14th century

Rhymes with SPURGE

dirge, merge, purge, scourge, serge, splurge, surge, urge, verge

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