Definition of Euphorbia cyparissias

1. Noun. Old World perennial having foliage resembling cypress; naturalized as a weed in the United States.

Exact synonyms: Cypress Spurge
Group relationships: Euphorbia, Genus Euphorbia
Generic synonyms: Spurge

Lexicographical Neighbors of Euphorbia Cyparissias

Eupatorium coelestinum
Eupatorium maculatum
Eupatorium perfoliatum
Eupatorium purpureum
Eupatorium rugosum
Euphagus
Euphagus carilonus
Euphausia pacifica
Euphausiacea
Euphemia
Euphorbia amygdaloides
Euphorbia antisyphilitica
Euphorbia caput-medusae
Euphorbia corollata
Euphorbia cyathophora
Euphorbia cyparissias
Euphorbia dentata
Euphorbia esula
Euphorbia exigua
Euphorbia fulgens
Euphorbia helioscopia
Euphorbia heterophylla
Euphorbia hirsuta
Euphorbia ingens
Euphorbia lathyris
Euphorbia marginata
Euphorbia medusae
Euphorbia milii
Euphorbia peplus
Euphorbia pilulifera

Literary usage of Euphorbia cyparissias

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"euphorbia cyparissias i,. Sp. PI. 461. 1753. Perennial by horizontal rootstocks, bright green, glabrous. Stems mostly clustered, often growing in large ..."

2. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Francis Wall Oliver, Anton Kerner von Marilaun, Marian (Balfour) Busk (1895)
"The metamorphosis produced by Uromyces Pisi in one of the Spurges, Euphorbia Cyparissias, is even more remarkable. The stem elongates far beyond its usual ..."

3. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1904)
"... euphorbia cyparissias (John), ... eg, Garbowski notes larvae as eating Euphorbia cyparissias but refusing E. peplus and other ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"... flowers of euphorbia cyparissias recalls the well-known case of Lychnis attacked ... In euphorbia cyparissias the effect of the rust is (1) to transform ..."

5. Diseases of Cultivated Plants and Trees by George Massee (1913)
"So far as this country is concerned, euphorbia cyparissias is not an indigenous plant, but as an introduction is sparsely distributed. ..."

6. Guide to the Study of Common Plants: An Introduction to Botany by Volney Morgan Spalding (1895)
"Spurge, euphorbia cyparissias, L., and other species of Euphorbia. ... Euphorbia Cyparissias, L. Distribution. In what situation is this plant usually found ..."

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