"spurge" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /spɝd͡ʒ/ [US], /spɜːd͡ʒ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-spurge.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-spurge.wav Forms: spurges [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒ Etymology: Etymology tree Old French espurgebor. Middle English spurge English spurge Inherited from Middle English spurge, from Old French espurge, from espurgier (“to purge”), from Latin expurgo (“I purge”); the bitter milky sap of these plants was formerly used as a purgative. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pewH-}}, {{etymon|en|inh|enm>spurge>Euphorbia|id=Euphorbia|tree=1}} Etymology tree Old French espurgebor. Middle English spurge English spurge, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|spurge|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English spurge, {{inh+|en|enm|spurge}} Inherited from Middle English spurge, {{der|en|fro|espurge}} Old French espurge, {{der|en|la|expurgo||I purge}} Latin expurgo (“I purge”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} spurge (usually uncountable, plural spurges)
  1. Any plant of the genus Euphorbia, a diverse genus of over 2,000 species. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Spurges Translations (any plant of the genus Euphorbia): τιθύμαλλος (tithúmallos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), իշակաթնուկ (išakatʻnuk) (Armenian), მათხეჼ (matxẽ) (Bats), млечка (mlečka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), lleteresa (Catalan), lletera (Catalan), 大戟 (dàjǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), vortemælk [common-gender] (Danish), wolfsmelk [feminine] (Dutch), tyräkki (Finnish), euphorbe [feminine] (French), épurge [feminine] (French), surbia [feminine] (Galician), რძიანა (rʒiana) (Georgian), Wolfsmilch [feminine] (German), kutyatej (Hungarian), bainne caoin [masculine] (Irish), buí na n-iníon [masculine] (Irish), buí na mbáb [masculine] (Irish), spuirse [feminine] (Irish), euforbia [feminine] (Italian), 灯台草 (tōdaigusa) (alt: とうだいぐさ) (Japanese), ユーフォルビア (yūforubia) (Japanese), მჟაილა (mjaila) (Laz), wjelceńc [masculine] (Lower Sorbian), млечка (mlečka) [feminine] (Macedonian), млечајка (mlečajka) [feminine] (Macedonian), spurge (Middle English), მაბჟალია (mabžalia) (Mingrelian), شبرم (šebram) (Persian), wilczomlecz [masculine] (Polish), eufórbio [masculine] (Portuguese), aior [masculine] (Romanian), alior (Romanian), молоча́й (moločáj) [masculine] (Russian), spuirse [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), mlječika [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), euforbio [masculine] (Spanish), lechetrezna [feminine] (Spanish), მჷლჷჯო̄ლ (mələǯōl) (Svan), mkweche (Swahili), törel [common-gender] (Swedish), mlóčeń (Upper Sorbian), llaethlys (Welsh), intsema (Xhosa), umhlontlo (Xhosa)
    Sense id: en-spurge-en-noun-4vIVFZ4W Disambiguation of Spurges: 48 20 27 5 Categories (other): English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bats translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Laz translations, Terms with Lower Sorbian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Middle English translations, Terms with Mingrelian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Svan translations, Terms with Swahili translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Upper Sorbian translations, Terms with Welsh translations, Terms with Xhosa translations Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 45 21 34 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 21 29 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 45 23 27 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 53 19 23 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 23 27 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 48 20 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 52 21 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Bats translations: 52 21 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 49 18 25 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 52 21 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 59 19 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 54 21 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 49 19 24 8 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 54 20 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 54 21 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 54 21 26 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 55 21 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 52 16 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 52 21 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 55 21 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 55 21 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Laz translations: 52 21 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Lower Sorbian translations: 54 21 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 54 21 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 52 17 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 53 21 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Mingrelian translations: 52 22 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 54 21 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 51 19 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 51 20 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 54 21 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 53 22 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 52 21 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 52 21 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 53 21 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Svan translations: 52 22 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 52 22 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 53 21 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Upper Sorbian translations: 52 22 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 54 21 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Xhosa translations: 52 22 26 Disambiguation of 'any plant of the genus Euphorbia': 53 14 33
  2. Any plant of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: euphorbia
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  3. A plant resembling those in genus Euphorbia in some aspect of its appearance. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-spurge-en-noun-fX7~bQZh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: malvid, fabid, rosid, eudicot, angiosperm, tracheophyte, plant
Etymology number: 1 Hyponyms: African milk barrel (taxonomic: Euphorbia horrida), African milk tree, cathedral cactus (taxonomic: Euphorbia trigona), asthma-plant (taxonomic: Euphorbia hirta), baseball plant (taxonomic: Euphorbia obesa), candelabra tree, candelilla (taxonomic: Euphorbia antisyphilitica), caper spurge, gopher spurge, paper spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia lathyris), cliff spurge, coast spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia misera), crown of thorns, Christ plant (taxonomic: Euphorbia milii), cushion spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia epithymoides), cypress spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia cyparissias), devil's backbone, redbird cactus (taxonomic: Euphorbia tithymaloides), dwarf poinsettia, fire-on-the-mountain, wild poinsettia (taxonomic: Euphorbia cyathophora), glade spurge, purple spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia purpurea), upright myrtle spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia rigida), Gregersen's spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia gregersenii), Griffith's spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia griffithii), leafy spurge, green spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia esula), Indian spurge tree (taxonomic: Euphorbia neriifolia), Indian tree spurge, milk bush (taxonomic: Euphorbia tirucalli), leafless milk hedge (taxonomic: Euphorbia caducifolia), leafy milk hedge (taxonomic: Euphorbia nivulia), Madagascar jewel (taxonomic: Euphorbia leuconeura), Mediterranean spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia characias), Medusa's head (taxonomic: Euphorbia caput-medusae), mottled spurge, frilled fan, elkhorn (taxonomic: Euphorbia lactea), myrtle spurge, creeping spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia myrsinites), painted spurge, painted euphorbia, Mexican fireplant (taxonomic: Euphorbia heterophylla), petty spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia peplus), Peking spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia pekinensis), pencil tree (taxonomic: Euphorbia tirucalli), poinsettia, painted leaf (taxonomic: Euphorbia pulcherrima), purple spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia peplis), rattlesnake weed, white-margined sandmat (taxonomic: Euphorbia albomarginata), red spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia cotinifolia), resin spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia resinifera), sand spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia psammogeton), scarlet plume (taxonomic: Euphorbia fulgens), sea spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia paralias), serrated spurge, sawtooth spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia serrata), spotted spurge, prostrate spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia maculata), sun spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia helioscopia), tree spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia dendroides), variegated spurge, white-margined spurge, snow-on-the-mountain, smoke-on-the-prairie (taxonomic: Euphorbia marginata), wood spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia amygdaloides) Derived forms: Allegheny spurge, Allegheny mountain spurge (taxonomic: Pachysandra procumbens), broom spurge (taxonomic: Amperea xiphoclada), caper spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia lathyris), cliff spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia misera), coast spurge} (taxonomic: Euphorbia misera), creeping spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia myrsinites), cushion spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia epithymoides), cypress spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia cyparissias), dwarf spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia exigua), flowering spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia corollata), glade spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia purpurea), gopher spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia rigida), graveyard spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia cyparissias), green spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia esula), Gregersen's spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia gregersenii), Griffith's spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia griffithii), hairy spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia hirsuta), Hall's shrubby spurge) (taxonomic: Tetracoccus hallii), Indian spurge tree (taxonomic: Euphorbia neriifolia), Indian tree spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia tirucalli), ipecac spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia ipecacuanhae), Japanese spurge (taxonomic: Pachysandra terminalis), knotweed spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia polygonifolia), leaf spurge, leafy spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia esula), Mediterranean spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia characias), mottled spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia lactea), myrtle spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia lathyris), nettlespurge (taxonomic: Jatropha spp.), painted spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia heterophylla), paper spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia lathyris), Peking spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia pekinensis), petty spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia peplus), pill-bearing spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia pilulifera), prairie spurge (alt: Chamaesyce nuttallii), prostrate spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia maculata), purple spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia purpurea), red spurge Euphorbia cotinifolia), resin spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia resinifera), sand spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia psammogeton), sawtooth spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia serrata), seaside spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia polygonifolia), sea spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia paralias), serrated spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia serrata), shore spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia polygonifolia), silver spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia rigida), slipper spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia tithymaloides), spotted spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia maculata), spurge daphne (taxonomic: Daphne laureola), spurge flax (taxonomic: Thymelaea passerina), spurge hawk-moth (taxonomic: Hyles euphorbiae), spurge laurel (taxonomic: Daphne laureola), spurge nettle (taxonomic: Cnidoscolus stimulosus), spurge olive (taxonomic: Cneorum tricoccon), stubble spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia maculata), sun spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia helioscopia), toothed spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia dentata), tramp's spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia corollata), tree spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia dendroides), upright myrtle spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia rigida), variegated spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia marginata), wart spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia helioscopia), white-margined spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia marginata), wild spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia corollata), wood spurge (taxonomic: Euphorbia amygdaloides)

Verb

IPA: /spɝd͡ʒ/ [US], /spɜːd͡ʒ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-spurge.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-spurge.wav Forms: spurges [present, singular, third-person], spurging [participle, present], spurged [participle, past], spurged [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒ Etymology: Uncertain, but likely closely related to etymology 1, thus a doublet of purge. Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain Head templates: {{en-verb}} spurge (third-person singular simple present spurges, present participle spurging, simple past and past participle spurged)
  1. (intransitive) To emit foam; to froth; said of the emission of yeast from beer during fermentation. Tags: intransitive Translations (of beer during fermentation: to emit foam): пеня се (penja se) (Bulgarian), vaahdota (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-spurge-en-verb-M1PTLGeK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "taxonomic": "Pachysandra terminalis",
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      "taxonomic": "Euphorbia polygonifolia",
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      "taxonomic": "Euphorbia heterophylla",
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      "taxonomic": "Euphorbia pekinensis",
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      "taxonomic": "Euphorbia pilulifera",
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      "taxonomic": "Euphorbia resinifera",
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      "taxonomic": "Euphorbia rigida",
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      "word": "Indian tree spurge"
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      "word": "milk bush"
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      "taxonomic": "Euphorbia lactea",
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      "taxonomic": "Euphorbia heterophylla",
      "word": "Mexican fireplant"
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      "taxonomic": "Euphorbia peplus",
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      "word": "Peking spurge"
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      "taxonomic": "Euphorbia pulcherrima",
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      "taxonomic": "Euphorbia albomarginata",
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      "taxonomic": "Euphorbia serrata",
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      "taxonomic": "Euphorbia amygdaloides",
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      "sense": "any plant of the genus Euphorbia",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "any plant of the genus Euphorbia",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "any plant of the genus Euphorbia",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "surbia"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "rʒiana",
      "sense": "any plant of the genus Euphorbia",
      "word": "რძიანა"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any plant of the genus Euphorbia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "any plant of the genus Euphorbia",
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      "sense": "any plant of the genus Euphorbia",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ga",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ga",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "buí na mbáb"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "any plant of the genus Euphorbia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "any plant of the genus Euphorbia",
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      "word": "灯台草"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "молоча́й"
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      "code": "gd",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "spuirse"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "word": "mlóčeń"
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      "roman": "mələǯōl",
      "sense": "any plant of the genus Euphorbia",
      "word": "მჷლჷჯო̄ლ"
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      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "any plant of the genus Euphorbia",
      "word": "mkweche"
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      "sense": "any plant of the genus Euphorbia",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/69/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-spurge.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-spurge.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)dʒ"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "penja se",
      "sense": "of beer during fermentation: to emit foam",
      "word": "пеня се"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of beer during fermentation: to emit foam",
      "word": "vaahdota"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spurge"
}

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