Definition of Family euphorbiaceae

1. Noun. A family of plants of order Geraniales.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Euphorbiaceae

family Epacridaceae
family Ephedraceae
family Ephemeridae
family Ephippidae
family Equidae
family Equisetaceae
family Erethizontidae
family Ericaceae
family Erinaceidae
family Eriocaulaceae
family Erysiphaceae
family Erythroxylaceae
family Eschrichtiidae
family Esocidae
family Euglenaceae
family Euphorbiaceae
family Eurylaimidae
family Exocoetidae
family Fabaceae
family Fagaceae
family Falconidae
family Fasciolidae
family Felidae
family Filariidae
family Fissurellidae
family Fistulariidae
family Fistulinaceae
family Flacourtiaceae
family Forficulidae
family Formicariidae

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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