caper spurge

noun

: a poisonous European spurge (Euphorbia lathyrus) that is adventive in America and has seeds that yield a purgative oil

called also mole plant

Word History

Etymology

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Rhymes for caper spurge

• demiurge
• converge
• diverge
• emerge
• submerge
• upsurge
• dirge
• merge
• purge
• scourge
• serge
• splurge