Definition of Euphorbia marginata

1. Noun. Annual spurge of western United States having showy white-bracted flower clusters and very poisonous milk.

Exact synonyms: Ghost Weed, Snow-in-summer, Snow-on-the-mountain
Group relationships: Euphorbia, Genus Euphorbia
Generic synonyms: Spurge

Lexicographical Neighbors of Euphorbia Marginata

Euphorbia amygdaloides
Euphorbia antisyphilitica
Euphorbia caput-medusae
Euphorbia corollata
Euphorbia cyathophora
Euphorbia cyparissias
Euphorbia dentata
Euphorbia esula
Euphorbia exigua
Euphorbia fulgens
Euphorbia helioscopia
Euphorbia heterophylla
Euphorbia hirsuta
Euphorbia ingens
Euphorbia lathyris
Euphorbia marginata (current term)
Euphorbia medusae
Euphorbia milii
Euphorbia peplus
Euphorbia pilulifera
Euphorbia pulcherrima
Euphoria litchi
Euphractus
Euphrates
Euphrates River
Euphrosyne
Euproctis
Euproctis chrysorrhoea
Euproctis phaeorrhoea

Literary usage of Euphorbia marginata

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

1. Principal poisonous plants of the United States by Victor King Chesnut (1898)
"In cases of skin poisoning a wash of an alcoholic solution of sugar of lead (lead acetate) should be tried. SNOW ON THE MOUNTAIN. Euphorbia marginata ..."

2. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1905)
"In Mr. Say's garden I likewise saw Euphorbia marginata, from Arkansas, ... The Euphorbia marginata flourishes exceedingly well at Bonn, where it was raised ..."

3. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1907)
"On Euphorbia marginata Pursh. Johnson Co., 1888 (Macbride). ... In August, 1905, I found this species in abundance on Euphorbia marginata in Cass County, ..."

4. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1907)
"On Euphorbia marginata Pursh. ... In August, 1905, I found this species in abundance on Euphorbia marginata in Cass County, Nebraska, but could find none on ..."

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