spurge
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (US) IPA(key): /spɝd͡ʒ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /spɜːd͡ʒ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒ
Etymology 1 edit
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.
Noun edit
spurge (usually uncountable, plural spurges)
- Any plant of the genus Euphorbia, a diverse genus of over 2,000 species.
- 1855, Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came, section X:
- But cockle, spurge, according to their law / Might propagate their kind, with none to awe, / You'd think; a burr had been a treasure trove.
Derived terms edit
- Allegheny spurge (Pachysandra procumbens)
- broom spurge (Amperea xiphoclada)
- cushion spurge (Euphorbia epithymoides)
- cypress spurge (Euphorbia cyparissias)
- green spurge
- Hall's shrubby spurge (Tetracoccus hallii
- Indian spurge tree (Euphorbia neriifolia)
- Indian tree spurge (Euphorbia tirucalli)
- Japanese spurge (Pachysandra terminalis)
- leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula)
- Mediterranean spurge (Euphorbia characias)
- mottled spurge (Euphorbia lactea)
- myrtle spurge, creeping spurge (Euphorbia myrsinites)
- petty spurge (Euphorbia peplus)
- Peking spurge (Euphorbia pekinensis)
- purple spurge (Euphorbia peplis)
- resin spurge (Euphorbia resinifera)
- sand spurge (Euphorbia psammogeton)
- sea spurge (Euphorbia paralias)
- serrated spurge, sawtooth spurge (Euphorbia serrata)
- spotted spurge, prostrate spurge (Euphorbia maculata)
- spurge daphne (Daphne laureola)
- spurge flax (Thymelaea passerina)
- spurge hawk-moth (Hyles euphorbiae)
- spurge laurel (Daphne laureola)
- spurge nettle (Cnidoscolus stimulosus)
- spurge olive (Daphne mezereum)
- sun spurge (Euphorbia helioscopia)
- tree spurge (Euphorbia dendroides)
- wood spurge (Euphorbia amygdaloides)
- caper spurge, paper spurge, gopher spurge Euphorbia lathyris)
- gopher spurge, upright myrtle spurge (Euphorbia rigida)
Translations edit
any plant of the genus Euphorbia
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References edit
- spurge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Euphorbia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Euphorbia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- “*spurge*”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Etymology 2 edit
Uncertain.
Verb edit
spurge (third-person singular simple present spurges, present participle spurging, simple past and past participle spurged)
- (intransitive) To emit foam; to froth; said of the emission of yeast from beer during fermentation.
- 1661, W. Cartwright, Siedge:
- The body's somthing noysome: 'tis a stale one; / Good troth it spurgeth very monstrously.
Translations edit
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old French espurge, from espurgier, from Latin expurgo. Compare purgen.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
spurge (uncountable)
Descendants edit
- English: spurge
References edit
- “spurǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.