Usually means: Plants, often toxic, diverse forms.
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  1. spurges: Merriam-Webster
  2. spurges: Collins English Dictionary
  3. spurges: Vocabulary.com
  4. spurges: Wiktionary
  5. spurges: Dictionary.com
  6. spurges: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. spurges: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. spurges: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. spurges: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. A Modern Herbal, 1931, by Mrs. M. Grieve (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (spurge)

noun:  Any plant of the genus Euphorbia, a diverse genus of over 2,000 species.
noun:  Any plant of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae.
noun:  A plant resembling those in genus Euphorbia in some aspect of its appearance.
verb:  (intransitive) To emit foam; to froth; said of the emission of yeast from beer during fermentation.
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