Definition of Euphorbia helioscopia

1. Noun. Not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun.

Exact synonyms: Devil's Milk, Sun Spurge, Wartweed, Wartwort
Group relationships: Euphorbia, Genus Euphorbia
Generic synonyms: Spurge

Lexicographical Neighbors of Euphorbia Helioscopia

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
Euphorbia pulcherrima
Euphoria litchi
Euphractus
Euphrates

Literary usage of Euphorbia helioscopia

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

1. Handbook of Practical Botany: For the Botanical Laboratory and Private Student by Eduard Strasburger (1887)
"... small, rod-like bodies (Fig. 8). These are the starch-grains in FIG. 8. — Starch-grains from the latex of euphorbia helioscopia (x 540). ..."

2. Punjab Plants: Comprising Botanical and Vernacular Names, and Uses of Most by John Lindsay Stewart (1869)
"Spurge, sun, euphorbia helioscopia, (omitted in text), 193. Squash, 97. Squill, 235. ... Sun Spurge, euphorbia helioscopia, (omitted in text), 193. ..."

3. Handbook of Practical Botany: For the Botanical Laboratory and Private Student by Eduard Strasburger (1887)
"... small, rod-like bodies (Fig. 8). These are the starch-grains in FIG. 8. — Starch-grains from the latex of euphorbia helioscopia (x 540). ..."

4. Punjab Plants: Comprising Botanical and Vernacular Names, and Uses of Most by John Lindsay Stewart (1869)
"Spurge, sun, euphorbia helioscopia, (omitted in text), 193. Squash, 97. Squill, 235. ... Sun Spurge, euphorbia helioscopia, (omitted in text), 193. ..."

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