| allegheny spurge | (n) low semi-evergreen perennial herb having small spikes of white or pinkish flowers; native to southern United States but grown elsewhere, Syn. Allegheny mountain spurge, Pachysandra procumbens |
| caper spurge | (n) poisonous Old World spurge; adventive in America; seeds yield a purgative oil, Syn. myrtle spurge, mole plant, Euphorbia lathyris |
| cypress spurge | (n) Old World perennial having foliage resembling cypress; naturalized as a weed in the United States, Syn. Euphorbia cyparissias |
| dwarf spurge | (n) European erect or depressed annual weedy spurge adventive in northeastern United States, Syn. Euphorbia exigua |
| hairy spurge | (n) much-branched hirsute weed native to northeastern North America, Syn. Euphorbia hirsuta |
| japanese spurge | (n) slow-growing Japanese evergreen subshrub having terminal spikes of white flowers; grown as a ground cover, Syn. Pachysandra terminalis |
| leafy spurge | (n) tall European perennial naturalized and troublesome as a weed in eastern North America, Syn. Euphorbia esula, wolf's milk |
| petty spurge | (n) an Old World spurge introduced as a weed in the eastern United States, Syn. Euphorbia peplus, devil's milk |
| slipper spurge | (n) any of several tropical American shrubby succulent plants resembling cacti but having foot-shaped bracts, Syn. slipper plant |
| spurge | (n) any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice |
| spurge laurel | (n) bushy Eurasian shrub with glossy leathery oblong leaves and yellow-green flowers, Syn. Daphne laureola, wood laurel |
| spurge nettle | (n) a stinging herb of tropical America, Syn. devil nettle, tread-softly, Jatropha urens, Cnidoscolus urens, pica-pica, Jatropha stimulosus |
| sun spurge | (n) not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun, Syn. wartwort, devil's milk, wartweed, Euphorbia helioscopia |
| toothed spurge | (n) an annual weed of northeastern North America with dentate leaves, Syn. Euphorbia dentata |
| wild spurge | (n) common perennial United States spurge having showy white petallike bracts, Syn. tramp's spurge, flowering spurge, Euphorbia corollata |
| wood spurge | (n) European perennial herb with greenish yellow terminal flower clusters, Syn. Euphorbia amygdaloides |
| euphorbiaceae | (n) a family of plants of order Geraniales, Syn. family Euphorbiaceae, spurge family |
