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   Eburophyton
         n 1: a monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae [syn:
               {Eburophyton}, {genus Eburophyton}]

English Dictionary: effervescing	by the DICT Development Group
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Eburophyton austinae n waxy white nearly leafless plant with stems in clusters and racemes of white flowers; northwestern United States to northern California and east to Idaho Synonym(s): phantom orchid, snow orchid, Eburophyton austinae
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effervesce v become bubbly or frothy or foaming; "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water" Synonym(s): foam, froth, fizz, effervesce, sparkle, form bubbles
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effervescence n the process of bubbling as gas escapes the property of giving off bubbles Synonym(s): bubbliness, effervescence, frothiness
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effervescent adj used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide; "sparkling wines"; "sparkling water" Synonym(s): sparkling, effervescent Antonym(s): noneffervescent, still (of a liquid) giving off bubbles Antonym(s): noneffervescent marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders" Synonym(s): bubbling, effervescent, frothy, scintillating, sparkly
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effervescing adj emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation; "bubbling champagne"; "foamy (or frothy) beer" Synonym(s): bubbling, bubbly, foaming, foamy, frothy, effervescing, spumy
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Euphorbia n type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice Synonym(s): Euphorbia, genus Euphorbia
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Euphorbia amygdaloides n European perennial herb with greenish yellow terminal flower clusters Synonym(s): wood spurge, Euphorbia amygdaloides
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Euphorbia antisyphilitica n wax-coated shrub of northern Mexico and southwestern United States Synonym(s): candelilla, Euphorbia antisyphilitica
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Euphorbia caput-medusae n African dwarf succulent perennial shrub with numerous slender drooping branches Synonym(s): medusa's head, Euphorbia medusae, Euphorbia caput-medusae
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Euphorbia corollata n common perennial United States spurge having showy white petallike bracts Synonym(s): wild spurge, flowering spurge, tramp's spurge, Euphorbia corollata
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Euphorbia cyathophora n poinsettia of United States and eastern Mexico; often confused with Euphorbia heterophylla Synonym(s): fire-on-the- mountain, painted leaf, Mexican fire plant, Euphorbia cyathophora
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Euphorbia cyparissias n Old World perennial having foliage resembling cypress; naturalized as a weed in the United States Synonym(s): cypress spurge, Euphorbia cyparissias
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Euphorbia dentata n an annual weed of northeastern North America with dentate leaves Synonym(s): toothed spurge, Euphorbia dentata
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Euphorbia esula n tall European perennial naturalized and troublesome as a weed in eastern North America Synonym(s): leafy spurge, wolf's milk, Euphorbia esula
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Euphorbia exigua n European erect or depressed annual weedy spurge adventive in northeastern United States Synonym(s): dwarf spurge, Euphorbia exigua
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Euphorbia fulgens n Mexican shrub often cultivated for its scarlet-bracted flowers Synonym(s): scarlet plume, Euphorbia fulgens
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Euphorbia helioscopia n not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun Synonym(s): sun spurge, wartweed, wartwort, devil's milk, Euphorbia helioscopia
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Euphorbia heterophylla n showy poinsettia found from the southern United States to Peru Synonym(s): Japanese poinsettia, mole plant, paint leaf, Euphorbia heterophylla
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Euphorbia hirsuta n much-branched hirsute weed native to northeastern North America Synonym(s): hairy spurge, Euphorbia hirsuta
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Euphorbia ingens n small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra Synonym(s): naboom, cactus euphorbia, Euphorbia ingens
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Euphorbia lathyris n poisonous Old World spurge; adventive in America; seeds yield a purgative oil Synonym(s): caper spurge, myrtle spurge, mole plant, Euphorbia lathyris
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Euphorbia litchi n tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphorbia or Nephelium Synonym(s): longan, lungen, longanberry, Dimocarpus longan, Euphorbia litchi, Nephelium longana
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Euphorbia marginata n annual spurge of western United States having showy white- bracted flower clusters and very poisonous milk Synonym(s): snow-on-the-mountain, snow-in-summer, ghost weed, Euphorbia marginata
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Euphorbia medusae n African dwarf succulent perennial shrub with numerous slender drooping branches Synonym(s): medusa's head, Euphorbia medusae, Euphorbia caput-medusae
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Euphorbia milii n somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts Synonym(s): crown of thorns, Christ thorn, Christ plant, Euphorbia milii
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Euphorbia peplus n an Old World spurge introduced as a weed in the eastern United States Synonym(s): petty spurge, devil's milk, Euphorbia peplus
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Euphorbia pulcherrima n tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers Synonym(s): poinsettia, Christmas star, Christmas flower, lobster plant, Mexican flameleaf, painted leaf, Euphorbia pulcherrima
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Euphorbiaceae n a family of plants of order Geraniales [syn: Euphorbiaceae, family Euphorbiaceae, spurge family]
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euphorbium n an acrid brown gum resin now used mainly in veterinary medicine Synonym(s): euphorbium, gum eurphorbium
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ever-present adj being always present
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every bit adv to the same degree (often followed by `as'); "they were equally beautiful"; "birds were singing and the child sang as sweetly"; "sang as sweetly as a nightingale"; "he is every bit as mean as she is" Synonym(s): equally, as, every bit
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everyplace adv to or in any or all places; "You find fast food stores everywhere"; "people everywhere are becoming aware of the problem"; "he carried a gun everywhere he went"; "looked all over for a suitable gift"; (`everyplace' is used informally for `everywhere') Synonym(s): everywhere, everyplace, all over
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eyebrow pencil n makeup provided by a cosmetic pencil that is used to darken the eyebrows
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Joe-Pye weed \Joe`-Pye" weed`\ (Bot.) A tall composite plant of the genus {Eupatorium} ({E. purpureum}), with purplish flowers, and whorled leaves.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Effervesce \Ef`fer*vesce"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Effervesced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Effervescing}.] [L. effervescere; ex + fervescere to begin boiling, incho., fr. fervere to boil. See {Fervent}.] 1. To be in a state of natural ebullition; to bubble and hiss, as fermenting liquors, or any fluid, when some part escapes in a gaseous form. 2. To exhibit, in lively natural expression, feelings that can not be repressed or concealed; as, to effervesce with joy or merriment.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Effervesce \Ef`fer*vesce"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Effervesced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Effervescing}.] [L. effervescere; ex + fervescere to begin boiling, incho., fr. fervere to boil. See {Fervent}.] 1. To be in a state of natural ebullition; to bubble and hiss, as fermenting liquors, or any fluid, when some part escapes in a gaseous form. 2. To exhibit, in lively natural expression, feelings that can not be repressed or concealed; as, to effervesce with joy or merriment.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Effervescence \Ef`ferves"cence\, Effervescency \Ef`ferves"cen*cy\, n. [Cf. F. effervescence.] A kind of natural ebullition; that commotion of a fluid which takes place when some part of the mass flies off in a gaseous form, producing innumerable small bubbles; as, the effervescence of a carbonate with citric acid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Effervescence \Ef`ferves"cence\, Effervescency \Ef`ferves"cen*cy\, n. [Cf. F. effervescence.] A kind of natural ebullition; that commotion of a fluid which takes place when some part of the mass flies off in a gaseous form, producing innumerable small bubbles; as, the effervescence of a carbonate with citric acid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Effervescent \Ef`fer*ves"cent\, a. [L. effervescences, p. pr. of effervescere: cf. F. effervescent.] Gently boiling or bubbling, by means of the disengagement of gas
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Effervescible \Ef`ferves"cible\, a. Capable of effervescing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Effervesce \Ef`fer*vesce"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Effervesced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Effervescing}.] [L. effervescere; ex + fervescere to begin boiling, incho., fr. fervere to boil. See {Fervent}.] 1. To be in a state of natural ebullition; to bubble and hiss, as fermenting liquors, or any fluid, when some part escapes in a gaseous form. 2. To exhibit, in lively natural expression, feelings that can not be repressed or concealed; as, to effervesce with joy or merriment.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Effervescive \Ef`fer*ves"cive\, a. Tending to produce effervescence. [bd]An effervescive force.[b8] --Hickok.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Effrayable \Effray"able\, a. Frightful. [Obs.] --Harvey.
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Wallaba \Wal"la*ba\, n. (Bot.) A leguminous tree ({Eperua falcata}) of Demerara, with pinnate leaves and clusters of red flowers. The reddish brown wood is used for palings and shingles. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wolf's-milk \Wolf's"-milk`\, n. (Bot.) Any kind of spurge ({Euphorbia}); -- so called from its acrid milky juice.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Zebra \Ze"bra\, n. [Pg. zebra; cf. Sp. cebra; probably from a native African name.] (Zo[94]l.) Either one of two species of South African wild horses remarkable for having the body white or yellowish white, and conspicuously marked with dark brown or brackish bands. Note: The true or mountain zebra ({Equus, [or] Asinus, zebra}) is nearly white, and the bands which cover the body and legs are glossy black. Its tail has a tuft of black hair at the tip. It inhabits the mountains of Central and Southern Africa, and is noted for its wariness and wildness, as well as for its swiftness. The second species ({Equus, [or] Asinus, Burchellii}), known as {Burchell's zebra}, and {dauw}, inhabits the grassy plains of South Africa, and differs from the preceding in not having dark bands on the legs, while those on the body are more irregular. It has a long tail, covered with long white flowing hair. {Zebra caterpillar}, the larva of an American noctuid moth ({Mamestra picta}). It is light yellow, with a broad black stripe on the back and one on each side; the lateral stripes are crossed with withe lines. It feeds on cabbages, beets, clover, and other cultivated plants. {Zebra opossum}, the zebra wolf. See under {Wolf}. {Zebra parrakeet}, an Australian grass parrakeet, often kept as a cage bird. Its upper parts are mostly pale greenish yellow, transversely barred with brownish black crescents; the under parts, rump, and upper tail coverts, are bright green; two central tail feathers and the cheek patches are blue. Called also {canary parrot}, {scallop parrot}, {shell parrot}, and {undulated parrot}. {Zebra poison} (Bot.), a poisonous tree ({Euphorbia arborea}) of the Spurge family, found in South Africa. Its milky juice is so poisonous that zebras have been killed by drinking water in which its branches had been placed, and it is also used as an arrow poison. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants). {Zebra shark}. Same as {Tiger shark}, under {Tiger}. {Zebra spider}, a hunting spider. {Zebra swallowtail}, a very large North American swallow-tailed butterfly ({Iphiclides ajax}), in which the wings are yellow, barred with black; -- called also {ajax}. {Zebra wolf}. See under {Wolf}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Milk \Milk\, n. [AS. meoluc, meoloc, meolc, milc; akin to OFries. meloc, D. melk, G. milch, OHG. miluh, Icel. mj[?]ok, Sw. mj[94]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. [bd]White as morne milk.[b8] --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[94]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[94]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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Luteic \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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Welcome \Wel"come\, a. [OE. welcome, welcume, wilcume, AS. wilcuma a welcome guest, from wil-, as a prefix, akin to willa will + cuma a comer, fr. cuman to come; hence, properly, one who comes so as to please another's will; cf. Icel. velkominn welcome, G. willkommen. See {Will}, n., and Come.] 1. Received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company; as, a welcome visitor. When the glad soul is made Heaven's welcome guest. --Cowper. 2. Producing gladness; grateful; as, a welcome present; welcome news. [bd]O, welcome hour![b8] --Milton. 3. Free to have or enjoy gratuitously; as, you are welcome to the use of my library. Note: Welcome is used elliptically for you are welcome. [bd]Welcome, great monarch, to your own.[b8] --Dryden. {Welcome-to-our-house} (Bot.), a kind of spurge ({Euphorbia Cyparissias}). --Dr. Prior.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tithymal \Tith"y*mal\, n. [L. tithymalus a plant with a milklike sap, Gr. [?]: cf. F. tithymale.] (Bot.) Any kind of spurge, esp. {Euphorbia Cyparissias}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Luteic \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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Welcome \Wel"come\, a. [OE. welcome, welcume, wilcume, AS. wilcuma a welcome guest, from wil-, as a prefix, akin to willa will + cuma a comer, fr. cuman to come; hence, properly, one who comes so as to please another's will; cf. Icel. velkominn welcome, G. willkommen. See {Will}, n., and Come.] 1. Received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company; as, a welcome visitor. When the glad soul is made Heaven's welcome guest. --Cowper. 2. Producing gladness; grateful; as, a welcome present; welcome news. [bd]O, welcome hour![b8] --Milton. 3. Free to have or enjoy gratuitously; as, you are welcome to the use of my library. Note: Welcome is used elliptically for you are welcome. [bd]Welcome, great monarch, to your own.[b8] --Dryden. {Welcome-to-our-house} (Bot.), a kind of spurge ({Euphorbia Cyparissias}). --Dr. Prior.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tithymal \Tith"y*mal\, n. [L. tithymalus a plant with a milklike sap, Gr. [?]: cf. F. tithymale.] (Bot.) Any kind of spurge, esp. {Euphorbia Cyparissias}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wart \Wart\, n. [OE. werte, AS. wearte; akin to D. wrat, G. warze, OHG. warza, Icel. varta, Sw. v[86]rta, Dan. vorte; perh. orig., a growth, and akin to E. wort; or cf. L. verruca wart.] 1. (Med.) A small, usually hard, tumor on the skin formed by enlargement of its vascular papill[91], and thickening of the epidermis which covers them. 2. An excrescence or protuberance more or less resembling a true wart; specifically (Bot.), a glandular excrescence or hardened protuberance on plants. {Fig wart}, {Moist wart} (Med.), a soft, bright red, pointed or tufted tumor found about the genitals, often massed into groups of large size. It is a variety of condyloma. Called also {pointed wart}, {venereal wart}. --L. A. Duhring. {Wart cress} (Bot.), the swine's cress. See under {Swine}. {Wart snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of East Indian colubrine snakes of the genus {Acrochordus}, having the body covered with wartlike tubercles or spinose scales, and lacking cephalic plates and ventral scutes. {Wart spurge} (Bot.), a kind of wartwort ({Euphorbia Helioscopia}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wartwort \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}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Turnsole \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) .
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kattinumdoo \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Poinsettia \[d8]Poinset"tia\ (poins[ecr]t"t[icr][adot]), 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vegetable \Veg`etable\, a. [F. v[82]g[82]table growing, capable of growing, formerly also, as a noun, a vegetable, from L. vegetabilis enlivening, from vegetare to enliven, invigorate, quicken, vegetus enlivened, vigorous, active, vegere to quicken, arouse, to be lively, akin to vigere to be lively, to thrive, vigil watchful, awake, and probably to E. wake, v. See {Vigil}, {Wake}, v.] 1. Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable growths, juices, etc. Blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold. --Milton. 2. Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable kingdom. {Vegetable alkali} (Chem.), an alkaloid. {Vegetable brimstone}. (Bot.) See {Vegetable sulphur}, below. {Vegetable butter} (Bot.), a name of several kinds of concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian butter tree, the African shea tree, and the {Pentadesma butyracea}, a tree of the order {Guttifer[91]}, also African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of cocoa ({Theobroma}). {Vegetable flannel}, a textile material, manufactured in Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained from the leaves of the {Pinus sylvestris}. {Vegetable ivory}. See {Ivory nut}, under {Ivory}. {Vegetable jelly}. See {Pectin}. {Vegetable kingdom}. (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below. {Vegetable leather}. (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ({Euphorbia punicea}), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts. (b) See {Vegetable leather}, under {Leather}. {Vegetable marrow} (Bot.), an egg-shaped gourd, commonly eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but is now thought to have been derived from a form of the American pumpkin. {Vegetable oyster} (Bot.), the oyster plant. See under {Oyster}. {Vegetable parchment}, papyrine. {Vegetable sheep} (Bot.), a white woolly plant ({Raoulia eximia}) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large fleecy cushions on the mountains. {Vegetable silk}, a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree ({Chorisia speciosa}). It us used for various purposes, as for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers. {Vegetable sponge}. See 1st {Loof}. {Vegetable sulphur}, the fine highly inflammable spores of the club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}); witch. {Vegetable tallow}, a substance resembling tallow, obtained from various plants; as, {Chinese vegetable tallow}, obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. {Indian vegetable tallow} is a name sometimes given to piney tallow. {Vegetable wax}, a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of certain plants, as the bayberry.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Euphorbiaceous \Euphor`bia"ceous\, Euphorbial \Euphor"bial\, a. (Bot.) Of, relating to, or resembling, the Euphorbia family.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Euphorbiaceous \Euphor`bia"ceous\, Euphorbial \Euphor"bial\, a. (Bot.) Of, relating to, or resembling, the Euphorbia family.
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Euphorbin Euphorbine \Euphor"bin Euphor"bine\, n. (Med.) A principle, or mixture of principles, derived from various species of Euphorbia.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Euphorbium \Euphor"bium\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Everybody \Ev"erybod`y\, n. Every person.