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EuphorbiaEuphorbia Eu*phor"bi*a, n. [NL., fr. L. euphorbea. See
Euphorrium.] (Bot.)
Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species,
mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid,
milky juice. Some of them are armed with thorns. Most of them
yield powerful emetic and cathartic products. Euphorbia balsamiferaMilk Milk, n. [AS. meoluc, meoloc, meolc, milc; akin to
OFries. meloc, D. melk, G. milch, OHG. miluh, Icel. mj?ok,
Sw. mj["o]lk, Dan. melk, Goth. miluks, G. melken to milk,
OHG. melchan, Lith. milszti, L. mulgere, Gr. ?. ????. Cf.
Milch, Emulsion, Milt soft roe of fishes.]
1. (Physiol.) A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of
female mammals for the nourishment of their young,
consisting of minute globules of fat suspended in a
solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar, and inorganic
salts. ``White as morne milk.' --Chaucer.
2. (Bot.) A kind of juice or sap, usually white in color,
found in certain plants; latex. See Latex.
3. An emulsion made by bruising seeds; as, the milk of
almonds, produced by pounding almonds with sugar and
water.
4. (Zo["o]l.) The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.
Condensed milk. See under Condense, v. t.
Milk crust (Med.), vesicular eczema occurring on the face
and scalp of nursing infants. See Eczema.
Milk fever.
(a) (Med.) A fever which accompanies or precedes the first
lactation. It is usually transitory.
(b) (Vet. Surg.) A form puerperal peritonitis in cattle;
also, a variety of meningitis occurring in cows after
calving.
Milk glass, glass having a milky appearance.
Milk knot (Med.), a hard lump forming in the breast of a
nursing woman, due to obstruction to the flow of milk and
congestion of the mammary glands.
Milk leg (Med.), a swollen condition of the leg, usually in
puerperal women, caused by an inflammation of veins, and
characterized by a white appearance occasioned by an
accumulation of serum and sometimes of pus in the cellular
tissue.
Milk meats, food made from milk, as butter and cheese.
[Obs.] --Bailey.
Milk mirror. Same as Escutcheon, 2.
Milk molar (Anat.), one of the deciduous molar teeth which
are shed and replaced by the premolars.
Milk of lime (Chem.), a watery emulsion of calcium hydrate,
produced by macerating quicklime in water.
Milk parsley (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant (Peucedanum
palustre) of Europe and Asia, having a milky juice.
Milk pea (Bot.), a genus (Galactia) of leguminous and,
usually, twining plants.
Milk sickness (Med.), a peculiar malignant disease,
occurring in some parts of the Western United States, and
affecting certain kinds of farm stock (esp. cows), and
persons who make use of the meat or dairy products of
infected cattle. Its chief symptoms in man are
uncontrollable vomiting, obstinate constipation, pain, and
muscular tremors. Its origin in cattle has been variously
ascribed to the presence of certain plants in their food,
and to polluted drinking water.
Milk snake (Zo["o]l.), a harmless American snake
(Ophibolus triangulus, or O. eximius). It is variously
marked with white, gray, and red. Called also milk
adder, chicken snake, house snake, etc.
Milk sugar. (Physiol. Chem.) See Lactose, and Sugar of
milk (below).
Milk thistle (Bot.), an esculent European thistle (Silybum
marianum), having the veins of its leaves of a milky
whiteness.
Milk thrush. (Med.) See Thrush.
Milk tooth (Anat.), one of the temporary first set of teeth
in young mammals; in man there are twenty.
Milk tree (Bot.), a tree yielding a milky juice, as the cow
tree of South America (Brosimum Galactodendron), and the
Euphorbia balsamifera of the Canaries, the milk of both
of which is wholesome food.
Milk vessel (Bot.), a special cell in the inner bark of a
plant, or a series of cells, in which the milky juice is
contained. See Latex.
Rock milk. See Agaric mineral, under Agaric.
Sugar of milk. The sugar characteristic of milk; a hard
white crystalline slightly sweet substance obtained by
evaporation of the whey of milk. It is used in pellets and
powder as a vehicle for homeopathic medicines, and as an
article of diet. See Lactose. Euphorbia cyparissiasLuteic Lu*te"ic, a. (Chem.)
(a) Pertaining to, or derived from, weld (Reseda luteola).
(b) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid resembling
luteolin, but obtained from the flowers of Euphorbia
cyparissias. Euphorbia CyparissiasTithymal Tith"y*mal, n. [L. tithymalus a plant with a milklike
sap, Gr. ?: cf. F. tithymale.] (Bot.)
Any kind of spurge, esp. Euphorbia Cyparissias. Euphorbia HelioscopiaWartwort Wart"wort`, n. (Bot.)
A name given to several plants because they were thought to
be a cure for warts, as a kind of spurge (Euphorbia
Helioscopia), and the nipplewort (Lampsana communis). Euphorbia HelioscopiaTurnsole Turn"sole`, n. [F. tournesol, It. tornasole; tornare
to turn (LL. tornare) + sole the sun, L. sol. See Turn,
Solar, a., and cf. Heliotrope.] [Written also turnsol.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Heliotropium; heliotrope; -- so
named because its flowers are supposed to turn toward
the sun.
(b) The sunflower.
(c) A kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia).
(d) The euphorbiaceous plant Chrozophora tinctoria.
2. (Chem.)
(a) Litmus. [Obs.]
(b) A purple dye obtained from the plant turnsole. See
def. 1
(d) . Euphorbia KattimundooKattinumdoo Kat`ti*num"doo, n.
A caoutchouc like substance obtained from the milky juice of
the East Indian Euphorbia Kattimundoo. It is used as a
cement. Euphorbia pulcherrimaPoinsettia Poin*set"ti*a (poin*s[e^]t"t[i^]*[.a]), n. [NL.
Named after Joel R. Poinsett of South Carolina.] (Bot.)
A Mexican shrub (Euphorbia pulcherrima) with very large and
conspicuous vermilion bracts below the yellowish flowers. Euphorbiaceous
Euphorbiaceous Eu*phor`bi*a"ceous, Euphorbial Eu*phor"bi*al,
a. (Bot.)
Of, relating to, or resembling, the Euphorbia family.
Euphorbial
Euphorbiaceous Eu*phor`bi*a"ceous, Euphorbial Eu*phor"bi*al,
a. (Bot.)
Of, relating to, or resembling, the Euphorbia family.
Euphorbin Euphorbine
Euphorbin Euphorbine Eu*phor"bin Eu*phor"bine, n. (Med.)
A principle, or mixture of principles, derived from various
species of Euphorbia.
Euphorbium
Euphorbium Eu*phor"bi*um, n. [NL., fr. L. euphorbeum, from Gr.
?; -- so called after Euphorbus, a Greek physician.] (Med.)
An inodorous exudation, usually in the form of yellow tears,
produced chiefly by the African Euphorbia resinifrea. It was
formerly employed medicinally, but was found so violent in
its effects that its use is nearly abandoned.
Meaning of Euphorb from wikipedia
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Euphorbiaceae (/juːˈfoʊrbiːˌeɪsiˌaɪ, -siːˌiː/), the
spurge family, is a
large family of
flowering plants. In English, they are also
commonly called euphorbias...
- is the sole
genus of the
subtribe Acalyphinae. It is one of the
largest euphorb genera, with
approximately 450 to 462 species. The
genus name Acalypha...
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Euphorbia punicea is a
species of
euphorb commonly known as
Jamaican poinsettia. It was
first described by Olof
Peter Swartz in his Nova
genera et species...
- more than one
species of plant, including:
Euphorbia caput-medusae, a
euphorb Taeniatherum caput-medusae, a gr**** This page is an
index of
articles on...
- and three-winged and pachycaulous. Like most
euphorbs, it has
milky white sap. The
toxicity of many
euphorbs is well known, but no
specific information...
- flamingo, the white-crowned pigeon, Eggers'
mallow tree, the
Virgin Islands euphorb, Hohenberg's
ground bromeliad, and a
unique bromeliad found nowhere else...
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Suregada is a
plant genus of the
family Euphorbiaceae,
first described as a
genus in 1803. It is
native to
tropical and
subtropical regions of Africa,...
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extruded outwards, and each side is a mild concavity,
along the
height of the
euphorb. Spines, red in
colour when fresh, exit the body
along each
extrusion at...
- variety. The
petiole has a
length of 0.2 to 2.5 cm.
Similarly to
other euphorbs, the
inflorescences are long racemes, 8–30 cm (3.1–11.8 in) long, with...
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cells grow into a
branching system extending throughout the plant. In many
euphorbs, the
entire structure is made from a
single cell – this type of system...
