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petty spurge

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Noun1.petty spurge - an Old World spurge introduced as a weed in the eastern United States
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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The most popular is the Christmas houseplant poinsettia, with scarlet or cream bracts, and the most irritating the native British petty spurge, that seeds freely and becomes a garden weed.
Spotted prostrate spurge takes over just when you have declared victory over petty spurge (Euphorbia peplus), its cool-weather cousin.
peplus, a rapidly growing, readily available plant commonly referred to as petty spurge or radium weed.
 
 
 
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