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MOLE PLANT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Poisonous Old World spurge; adventive in America; seeds yield a purgative oil

Synonyms:

caper spurge; Euphorbia lathyris; mole plant; myrtle spurge

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("mole plant" is a kind of...):

spurge (any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice)

Holonyms ("mole plant" is a member of...):

Euphorbia; genus Euphorbia (type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Showy poinsettia found from the southern United States to Peru

Synonyms:

Euphorbia heterophylla; Japanese poinsettia; mole plant; paint leaf

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("mole plant" is a kind of...):

spurge (any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice)

Holonyms ("mole plant" is a member of...):

Euphorbia; genus Euphorbia (type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice)

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