cypress spurge
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.83 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An erect, perennial spurge, native to Europe and an invasive species in North America, of species Euphorbia cyparissias.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The "American ipecac" (E. ipecacuanha), sometimes used as a substitute for the true Brazilian article, is an eye irritant. The milk of the flowering spurge and the cypress spurge have caused some damage along this line ;[…]"
- "Contact with the sap of leafy spurge and cypress spurge may result in skin blisters and inflamation^([sic]), and with animals the hair may fall."
- "These growers had been harvesting cypress spurge infested hay and selling it for animal food or as construction hay, perhaps assisting the spread of cypress spurge to new areas."
Usage
Synonyms
graveyard spurge
euphorbia cyparissias