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cliff spurge

cliff spurge noun: a type of drought-deciduous shrub native to Baja California, of species Euphorbia misera.

cliff spurge: a type of drought-deciduous shrub native to Baja California, of species Euphorbia misera
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Noun

cliff spurge (uncountable)

  1. A type of drought-deciduous shrub native to Baja California, of species Euphorbia misera.
    • The expansion of the Point Loma treatment plant would have long-term significant impacts to 10.2 acres of maritime succulent scrub, including losses of individuals to populations of San Diego barrel cactus, snake cholla, and cliff spurge on Point Loma.1991, Clean Water Program for Greater San Diego, Secondary Treatment System, Associated Sludge Management Facilities, Joint EIR/EIS D(2v); Technical Appendix, Secondary Treatment System...
    • Our trail came out to a cliff top, and we sat and ate lunch while watching the elephant seals on the beach below. Tiny yellow rock daises took hold in the slip scree, along with some of the frankenia and cliff spurge, and in the rock pools below an American oystercatcher picked its way between...1995, Michelle A. Gilders, Reflections of a Whale-watcher, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 77

Origin of cliff spurge

Named for its habitat on the coastal cliffs of California and western Mexico.

Questions about cliff spurge

What does cliff spurge mean?
Cliff spurge means a type of drought-deciduous shrub native to Baja California, of species Euphorbia misera.
What part of speech is cliff spurge?
Cliff spurge is a noun.

Words near cliff spurge in the dictionary

  1. cliff notes
  2. cliff railway
  3. cliff railways
  4. cliff rose
  5. cliff roses
  6. cliff spurge
  7. cliff stonecrop
  8. cliff swallow
  9. cliff swallows
  10. Cliff Vale
  11. Cliff's Notes version

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