spurge

IPA: spˈɝdʒ

noun

  • Any plant of the genus Euphorbia, a diverse genus of over 2,000 species.

verb

  • (intransitive) To emit foam; to froth; said of the emission of yeast from beer during fermentation.
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Examples of "spurge" in Sentences

  • A plant called spurge is often mistaken for goathead.
  • Euphorbia lathyrus, often called gopher spurge, which is reputed to repel the furry destructors.
  • Cheatgrass had moved in along with leafy spurge, Canada thistle and whitetop, all noxious weeds.
  • Suddenly it was mid-June and noxious weeds—leafy spurge, cheatgrass, hoary cress, Canada thistle—grew everywhere.
  • It was also shocking to me that their habitat inspector failed to notice the noxious weeds—leafy spurge along the waterways, Canada thistle, cheatgrass and other troublesome invaders largely spread by cattle.
  • Alves came to the Camp Nou in the middle of a revolution marked by the arrival of a then unproven manager, Pep Guardiola, and a Stalinist spurge that saw an overhaul of the squad, including the departures of Deco, Ronaldinho and Edmílson, fellow countrymen who might have helped accommodate Alves at the club.

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