It is called Sowthernwode also And hony eteys et spurge stamp yer to And late hy yis drunk, fastined drinky And his hed werk away schall synkyn.
There the dwarf-palm tufts with its spiky foliage the clefts of limestone rock, and the lizards run in and out among bushes of tree-spurge and wild cactus and grey asphodels.
The gardens round Catania, nestling into cracks and ridges of the stiffened flood, are marvellously brilliant with spurge and fennel and valerian.
In driving along our New England roads I am ever reminded of Parkinson's dictum that "Spurge once planted will hardly be got rid out again.
However pressed by hunger, the caterpillar of the Spurge Hawk-moth, which browses on the tithymals, will allow itself to starve in front of a cabbage leaf which makes a peerless meal for the Pieris.
The Irish Spurge (Hiberna), is so powerful that a small bundle of its bruised plant will kill the fish for several miles down a river.
The famous surgeon, Cheselden, employed a noted plaster made with the resin of Spurge for relieving disease of the hip joint by counterstimulation.
The botanical title Spurge is derived from expurgare, to act as a purgative, because of the acrid juice possessing this property.
Of Spurge the greater and lesser, they are both (taken inwardly) too violent for common use; outwardly in ointments they cleanse the skin, take away sunburning.
The Sun Spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia) is a common species, varying from six to eighteen inches high, flowering from June to October.
We have now to note two species of Spurge (Euphorbia) that grow by the wayside; but before doing so it will be well to make ourselves acquainted with the general characters of the interesting group to which they belong.
Petty Spurge (Euphorbia Peplus); while on old walls the Pellitory (Parietaria officinalis) is still in flower.
Footnote 7: The caterpillar of the Spurge Hawk-moth.
As a colour, the red is almost that of the Spurge Caterpillar, but it is the result of a dye on which nitric acid has no effect as a detector of urates.
A caterpillar, the Spurge Hawk-moth's, will take us a little farther.
About a hundred years ago, caterpillars of thespurge hawk-moth (Deilephila euphorbiae) were very plentiful on spurge plants growing among the sand-hills near Barnstaple.
The spurge plants were long ago covered up by drifting sand, and the caterpillars were all destroyed.
No other locality for them has been found in England, and as far as this country is concerned the spurge hawk-moth appears to be extinct.
Spurge nettle, a stinging American herb of the Spurge family (Jatropha urens).
Defn: A genus of plants of the Spurge family, containing but one species (R.
Euphorbia arborea) of the Spurge family, found in South Africa.
A shrubby West Indian spurge (Euphorbia punicea), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts.
Spurge olive, an evergreen shrub (Daphne oleoides) found in the Mediterranean region.
Defn: The edible fruit of an East Indian tree (Baccaurea Malayana) of the Spurge family.
American plant (Stillinqia sylvatica) of the Spurge family, having an herbaceous stem and a perennial woody root.
It feeds on wood spurge (Euphorbia amygdaloides) and also, I have reason to believe, on petty spurge (E.
The moth is out in June, or sometimes at the end of May; it flies over birch and rests on leaves, and has been known to visit flowers of the wood spurge and the rhododendron.
The caterpillar feeds, August and September, on spurge (Euphorbia paralias, and E.
Such are the mullein and the gooseberry caterpillars, the larvae of the spurge hawk-moth, of the buff-tip, and many others.
If disturbed while feeding it is said to turn round with fury and eject a quantity of green liquid, of an acid and disagreeable smell similar to that of the spurge milk, only worse.
The spurge laurel is a small evergreen shrub, with alternate somewhat lanceolate leaves with entire margins.
The bark furnishes the drug Cortex Mezerei, for which that of the spurge laurel is often substituted.
The last of the plants mentioned above under the name of laurel is the so-called spurge laurel (Daphne Laureola).
It is Irish spurge which grows here, and sometimes in Devonshire, and then again in the west of Europe, down to the Pyrenees.
Our wood spurge is poisonous enough, but this is worse still; if you get a drop of its milk on your lip or eye, you will be in agonies for half a day.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "spurge" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
