#family_Euphorbiaceae__Euphorbiaceae__spurge_family  a family of plants of order Geraniales
  supertype:  rosid_dicot_family__rosiddicotfamily  a family of dicotyledonous plants
  member of:  order_Geraniales
  member:  genus_Euphorbia__Euphorbia  type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice
     member:  spurge  any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice
     member:  caper_spurge__caperspurge__myrtle_spurge__mole_plant__Euphorbia_lathyris  poisonous Old World spurge; adventive in America; seeds yield a purgative oil
     member:  sun_spurge__sunspurge__wartweed__wartwort__devil's_milk__devil'smilk__euphorbiahelioscopia  not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun
     member:  petty_spurge__pettyspurge__devil's_milk__devil'smilk__euphorbiapeplu  an Old World spurge introduced as a weed in the eastern United States
     member:  medusa's_head__Euphorbia_medusae__Euphorbia_caput-medusae  African dwarf succulent perennial shrub with numerous slender drooping branches
     member:  wild_spurge__flowering_spurge__floweringspurge__tramp's_spurge__tramp'sspurge__Euphorbia_corollata  common perennial United States spurge having showy white petallike bracts
     member:  snow-on-the-mountain__snow-in-summer__ghost_weed__ghostweed__Euphorbia_marginata  annual spurge of western United States having showy white-bracted flower clusters and very poisonous milk
     member:  cypress_spurge__cypressspurge__Euphorbia_cyparissias  Old World perennial having foliage resembling cypress; naturalized as a weed in the United States
     member:  leafy_spurge__leafyspurge__wolf's_milk__Euphorbia_esula  tall European perennial naturalized and troublesome as a weed in eastern North America
     member:  hairy_spurge__hairyspurge__Euphorbia_hirsuta  much-branched hirsute weed native to northeastern North America
     member:  poinsettia__Christmas_star__Christmas_flower__lobster_plant__lobsterplant__Mexican_flameleaf__painted_leaf__paintedleaf__Euphorbia_pulcherrima  tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers
     member:  Japanese_poinsettia__mole_plant__paint_leaf__paintleaf__Euphorbia_heterophylla  showy poinsettia found from the southern United States to Peru
     member:  fire-on-the-mountain__painted_leaf__paintedleaf__Mexican_fire_plant__Euphorbia_cyathophora  poinsettia of United States and eastern Mexico; often confused with Euphorbia heterophylla
     member:  wood_spurge__Euphorbia_amygdaloides  European perennial herb with greenish yellow terminal flower clusters
     member:  Euphorbia_antisyphilitica__candelilla  wax-coated shrub of northern Mexico and southwestern United States
     member:  dwarf_spurge__dwarfspurge__Euphorbia_exigua  European erect or depressed annual weedy spurge adventive in northeastern United States
     member:  scarlet_plume__scarletplume__Euphorbia_fulgens  Mexican shrub often cultivated for its scarlet-bracted flowers
     member:  naboom__cactus_euphorbia__Euphorbia_ingens  small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra
     member:  Christ_thorn__crown_of_thorns__Christ_plant__Euphorbia_milii  somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts
     member:  toothed_spurge__toothedspurge__Euphorbia_dentata  an annual weed of northeastern North America with dentate leaves
  member:  genus_Acalypha__Acalypha  a genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae
     member:  three-seeded_mercury__Acalypha_virginica  weedy herb of eastern North America
  member:  genus_Croton  tropical shrubs and herbs; source of croton oil
     member:  Croton_tiglium__croton  tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil
     member:  cascarilla__Croton_eluteria  West Indian shrub with aromatic bark
  member:  genus_Codiaeum__Codiaeum  evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with thick and colorful leathery leaves; Malaya and Pacific islands
     member:  croton__Codiaeum_variegatum  grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage; widely cultivated as a houseplant
  member:  genus_Mercurialis__Mercurialis  a genus of slender herbs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae
     member:  herb_mercury__herbs_mercury__herbsmercury__boys-and-girls__Mercurialis_annua  Eurafrican annual naturalized in America as a weed; formerly dried for use as a purgative, diuretic or antisyphilitic
     member:  dog's_mercury__dog'smercury__dog_mercury__dogmercury__Mercurialis_perennis  European perennial weedy plant with greenish flowers
  member:  genus_Ricinus__Ricinus  a genus of herb having only one known species: castor-oil plant
     member:  castor-oil_plant__castor_bean_plant__palma_christi__palmachristi__palma_christ__palmachrist__ricinuscommuni  large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized throughout the tropics
  member:  genus_Cnidoscolus__Cnidoscolus  a genus of perennial plant with bristles; belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae
     member:  spurge_nettle__tread-softly__treadsoftly__devil_nettle__devilnettle__pica-pica__Cnidoscolus_urens__Jatropha_urens__Jatropha_stimulosus  a stinging herb of tropical America
  member:  genus_Jatropha__Jatropha  a mainly tropical genus of American plant belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae
     member:  physic_nut__Jatropha_curcus  small tropical American tree yielding purple dye and a tanning extract and bearing physic nuts containing a purgative oil that is poisonous in large quantities
  member:  genus_Hevea__Hevea  small genus of South American trees yielding latex
  member:  genus_Manihot__Manihot  genus of economically important tropical plants: cassava
     member:  casava__cassava  any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch
  member:  genus_Aleurites__Aleurites  candlenut
     member:  varnish_tree__varnishtree__Aleurites_moluccana  large tree native to southeastern Asia; the nuts yield oil used in varnishes; nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles
     member:  tung_tree__tung__tung-oil_tree__Aleurites_fordii  Chinese tree bearing seeds that yield tung oil
  member:  genus_Pedilanthus__Pedilanthus  tropical American succulent shrubs
     member:  slipper_spurge__slipperspurge__slipper_plant__slipperplant  any of several tropical American shrubby succulent plants resembling cacti but having foot-shaped bracts
  member:  genus_Sebastiana__Sebastiana  Mexican spurges

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