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Definition of Cactus euphorbia

1. Noun. Small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra.

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cactus Euphorbia

cacoon cacoons cacophonic cacophonies cacophonous cacophonously cacophony cacoplastic cacosmia Cactaceae

cacti cactinomycin cactoid cactus cactuses cactus euphorbia (current term) cactus family cactus mouse cactus wren cacumen

cacumen cacumina cacuminal cacuminal cacuminals CAD cadaster cadasters cadastral cadastrally

Literary usage of Cactus euphorbia

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1. The Natives of British Central Africa by Alice Werner (1906)
"Another tree which makes a very effectual hedge is the cactus euphorbia. Of the same family (Spurges) are the weird candelabrum euphorbia, growing in the ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1872)
"... form so prominent a feature in the flora of the sandy deserts of America and Africa, belonging to the widely dissociated genera Cactus, Euphorbia and ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1904)
"Such xerophilous plants as Cactus, Euphorbia, and Stapelia are instances among many which might be quoted. It is interesting to find that there is some ..."

4. Kloof and Karroo: Sport, Legend and Natural History in Cape Colony, with a by Henry Anderson Bryden (1889)
"... cactus, euphorbia, aloe and brush grew thickly, and in particular the curious Euphorbia candelabrum, with its many-branching arms, stood prominent. ..."

5. Outing (1893)
"... geranium, cactus, euphorbia splendens, gentian, clematis, columbine and many strangers. Alice and I scoffed considerably at this want of energy, ..."

6. Ceylon: An Account of the Island Physical, Historical and Topographical by Sir James Emerson Tennent (1859)
"Every field is carefully fenced in with paling formed of the mid-ribs of the palmyra-leaf, or by rows of prickly plants, aloes, cactus, euphorbia, ..."

7. The English Illustrated Magazine (1886)
"... covered with the curious bushes that look so grotesque to an English eye, such as the prickly pear, cactus, euphorbia, and spek-boom. ..."

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