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Definition of Family Euphorbiaceae
1. Noun. A family of plants of order Geraniales.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Geraniales, Order Geraniales
Member holonyms: Euphorbia, Genus Euphorbia, Acalypha, Genus Acalypha, Genus Croton, Codiaeum, Genus Codiaeum, Genus Mercurialis, Mercurialis, Genus Ricinus, Ricinus, Cnidoscolus, Genus Cnidoscolus, Genus Jatropha, Jatropha, Genus Hevea, Hevea, Rubber Tree, Genus Manihot, Manihot, Aleurites, Genus Aleurites, Genus Pedilanthus, Pedilanthus, Genus Sebastiana, Sebastiana
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Euphorbiaceae
Literary usage of Family Euphorbiaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1901)
"family Euphorbiaceae. Spurge Family. Contains about 210 genera and 4000 species,
of wide distribution. They are herbs, shrubs or trees; with monoecious or ..."
2. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"... with the wood-sorrel (Oxalis acetosella) and others. The flax family (Linaceae).
Example, flax (Linum vul- garis). The spurge family (Euphorbiaceae). ..."
3. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"The spurge family (Euphorbiaceae). Plants with a milky juice, and curious,
degenerate flowers. Examples: the castor- oil plant (Ricinus), the spurges (many ..."
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