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euphorbia

US/juˈfoɹ.bi.ə/

euphorbia noun: any plant of the genus Euphorbia, the spurges.

euphorbia: any plant of the genus Euphorbia, the spurges
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Noun

euphorbia (plural euphorbias)

  1. Any plant of the genus Euphorbia, the spurges.

euphorbia meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese

euphorbia in Tamil

கள்ளிவகை

euphorbia in Vietnamese

plant of the genus Euphorbia
đại kích

Forms of euphorbia

pluraleuphorbias
alternative formeuphorb

Origin of euphorbia

Borrowed from Latin euphorbia by 1601, reinforced by taxonomic name Euphorbia after 1753. Variant form euforbia is attested in Middle English.

Words formed from euphorbia

Questions about euphorbia

What does euphorbia mean?
Euphorbia means any plant of the genus Euphorbia, the spurges.
What is euphorbia in Tamil?
Euphorbia in Tamil is கள்ளிவகை. See Euphorbia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is euphorbia?
Euphorbia is a noun.
How do you pronounce euphorbia?
Euphorbia is pronounced /juˈfoɹ.bi.ə/ (US).
What is the plural of euphorbia?
The plural of euphorbia is euphorbias.

Words near euphorbia in the dictionary

  1. euphonous
  2. euphony
  3. euphonym
  4. euphonyms
  5. euphorb
  6. euphorbia
  7. euphorbiaceous
  8. euphorbial
  9. euphorbias
  10. euphorbin
  11. euphorbine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: euphorbia (page history and authors); euphorbia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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