Definition of Spurge nettle

1. Noun. A stinging herb of tropical America.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Spurge Nettle

spur of the moment
spur on
spur track
spur wheel
spurdog
spurdogs
spurfowl
spurfowls
spurgall
spurgalled
spurgalling
spurgalls
spurge
spurge family
spurge laurel
spurge nettle (current term)
spurges
spurgewort
spurgeworts
spuria
spuriae
spurion
spurionic
spurions
spuriosities
spuriosity
spurious
spurious ankylosis
spurious cast
spurious correlation

Literary usage of Spurge nettle

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

1. A Manual of Weeds: With Descriptions of All the Most Pernicious and by Ada Eljiva Georgia (1914)
"No annual plant can long survive which is not permitted to foul the ground with its future generations. Fio. 183. — spurge nettle (Jatropha ..."

2. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"Virginia to Florida and Texas, is called spurge nettle, Sand Nettle, Stinging-bush, Tread-softly. 1092. ..."

3. Text Book of Veterinary Medicine by James Law (1900)
"... the spurge nettle of the southern states proves very poisonous. Stock avoid it on account of its stinging hairs. POISONING BY BOX LEAVES. ..."

4. Southern Wild Flowers and Trees: Together with Shrubs, Vines and Various by Alice Lounsberry (1901)
"Along the pubescent branches occur most abundantly in the axils the small white or red involucres. TREAD-SOFTLY. spurge nettle. (Plate XCIV. ..."

5. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture by Peter Henderson (1904)
"spurge nettle. A common name for Jatropha urens. Spurge Olive. A popular name for Daphne Mezereum. Spurred Butterfly Pea. ..."

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