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Definition of Euphorbia cyparissias

1. Noun. Old World perennial having foliage resembling cypress; naturalized as a weed in the United States.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Euphorbia Cyparissias

Literary usage of Euphorbia cyparissias

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"Euphorbia cyparissias i,. Sp. PI. 461. 1753. Perennial by horizontal rootstocks, bright green, glabrous. Stems mostly clustered, often growing in large ..."

2. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Francis Wall Oliver, Anton Kerner von Marilaun, Marian (Balfour) Busk (1895)
"The metamorphosis produced by Uromyces Pisi in one of the Spurges, Euphorbia Cyparissias, is even more remarkable. The stem elongates far beyond its usual ..."

3. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1904)
"... Euphorbia cyparissias (John), ... eg, Garbowski notes larvae as eating Euphorbia cyparissias but refusing E. peplus and other ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"... flowers of Euphorbia cyparissias recalls the well-known case of Lychnis attacked ... In Euphorbia cyparissias the effect of the rust is (1) to transform ..."

5. Diseases of Cultivated Plants and Trees by George Massee (1913)
"So far as this country is concerned, Euphorbia cyparissias is not an indigenous plant, but as an introduction is sparsely distributed. ..."

6. Guide to the Study of Common Plants: An Introduction to Botany by Volney Morgan Spalding (1895)
"Spurge, Euphorbia cyparissias, L., and other species of Euphorbia. ... Euphorbia Cyparissias, L. Distribution. In what situation is this plant usually found ..."

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