spurge

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /spɝdʒ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /spɜːdʒ/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒ

Etymology 1

From Old French espurge.

Noun

spurge (usually uncountable, plural spurges)

1. Any plant of the species of genus Euphorbia that grow in England and exude a bitter milky juice which was formerly used as a purgative.
2. Any plant of the genus Euphorbia.

Derived terms

• Allegheny spurge
• Japanese spurge
• leafy spurge
• spurge flax
• spurge laurel
• spurge nettle
• spurge olive

Translations

certain species of Euphorbia used as purgatives in England

any plant of the genus Euphorbia

• Danish: vortemælk c
• Finnish: tyräkki (fi)
• French: euphorbe (fr) f
• German: Wolfsmilch f
• Italian: euforbia f
• Japanese: 灯台草 (とうだいぐさ, tōdaigusa), ユーフォルビア (yūforubia)
• Polish: wilczomlecz m

• Romanian: aior (ro) m, alior (ro)
• Russian: молочай (ru) m (moločáj)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: wjelceńc m

• Spanish: euforbio m
• Swahili: mkweche

See also

• Spurge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Euphorbia on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Euphorbia
•  Euphorbia on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons: Euphorbia

Etymology 2

Uncertain.

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.

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Anagrams

• purges, super G, Super G