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Euphorbia
Euphorbia 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 balsamifera
Milk 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 cyparissias
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.
Euphorbia Cyparissias
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.
Euphorbia Helioscopia
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).
Euphorbia Helioscopia
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) .
Euphorbia Kattimundoo
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.
Euphorbia pulcherrima
Poinsettia 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.

Meaning of Phorbia from wikipedia

- Phorbia is a genus of flies belonging to the family Anthomyiidae. The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America. Phorbia acklandi...
-  antiqua Binomial name Delia antiqua (Meigen, 1826) Synonyms Anthomyia antiqua Meigen, 1826 Anthomyia ceparum Meigen, 1830 Phorbia cepetorum Meade, 1883...
- (Meigen, 1826) Synonyms Hylemyia mouillei Seguy, 1944 Anthomyia guintilis Pandelle, 1900 Phorbia neglecta Meade, 1883 Chortophila pilosella Rondani, 1877...
- Binomial name Delia floralis (Fallén, 1824)) Synonyms Musca floralis Fallén, 1824 Chortophila floralis (Fallén, 1824) Phorbia floralis (Fallén, 1824)...
- lupines is cu****ber mosaic virus. Lupinus albus is immune to this virus. Phorbia platura is the only insect with significant impact on lupinus albus. "The...
- Lasiomma meadi, L. anthomyinum, Pegohylemyia phrenione, Pegomya geniculata, Phorbia securis, Fannia norvegica and F. melania". Bulletin of the Irish Biogeographical...
- Genus Leucophora Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 Genus Paregle Schnabl, 1911 Genus Phorbia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 Genus Subhylemyia Ringdahl, 1933 Genus Zaphne Robineau-Desvoidy...
- the Guadaloupean parasol ant Acromyrmex octospinosus, to root maggots Phorbia br****icae, as well as to aphids and termites. The vast majority of human...