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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
spurge /spəːdʒ/

▶noun a plant or shrub with milky latex and small, typically greenish flowers. [Genus Euphorbia: numerous species.]

– origin ME: shortening of OFr. espurge, from espurgier, from L. expurgare ‘cleanse’ (because of the purgative properties of the milky latex).

'spurge' also found in these Oxford entries:

caper spurge - dog's mercury - spurge laurel

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