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leafy spurge

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Noun1.leafy spurge - tall European perennial naturalized and troublesome as a weed in eastern North America
Euphorbia, genus Euphorbia - type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice
spurge - any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice


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If USDA had a Most Wanted Weed list, leafy spurge would be at the top.
Were this not so, noxious weeds such as leafy spurge could be eliminated to the benefit of farmers, and other mycotoxins could be developed to stop gypsy moths, Asian longhorn beetles, and many other specific organisms harmful to the economy.
Put another way, the benefits of cattle do not lessen the damage wrought by leafy spurge and cheatgrass.
 
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