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milk hedge

milk hedge noun: any of various Indian plants of the genus Euphorbia, especially E. tirucalli, having milky sap.

Noun

milk hedge (uncountable)

  1. Any of various Indian plants of the genus Euphorbia, especially E. tirucalli, having milky sap.
    • Natives of India suspend in their houses a few branches of milk-hedge to attact flies.1885, Edward Balfour, Cyclopaedia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, 3rd edition, volume I, London: Bernard Quaritch, page 132
    • The mixture consists of powder of the milk hedge plant and kantaka plant, together with monkey excrement and the powdered root of the lanjalika plant.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 132

Questions about milk hedge

What does milk hedge mean?
Milk hedge means any of various Indian plants of the genus Euphorbia, especially E. tirucalli, having milky sap.
What part of speech is milk hedge?
Milk hedge is a noun.

Words near milk hedge in the dictionary

  1. milk fruit
  2. milk fruits
  3. milk glass
  4. milk glasses
  5. milk gravy
  6. milk hedge
  7. milk house
  8. milk houses
  9. milk jug
  10. milk jugs
  11. milk knot

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