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cushion spurge en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A perennial spurge forming small clumps of bright yellow flowers, native to Central and Southeastern Europe, of species Euphorbia epithymoides (previously known as Euphorbia polychroma).
   • Euphorbias can be left alone for decades, but you can dig and divide cushion spurge as often as every 3 years to propagate it. 2002, Reader's Digest Association, Care Free Plants: A Guide to Growing the 200 Hardiest, Low-maintenance, Long-living Beauties, Readers Digest, →ISBN, page 148:
   • Cushion spurge is in full bloom when most other species are just starting to emerge from winter dormancy. 2008 January 1, Anthony W. Kahtz, Perennials for Midwestern Gardens: Proven Plants for the Heartland, Timber Press, →ISBN, page 77:
   • Nice spurges include Euphorbia polychrma (cushion spurge), E. amygdaloides (purple wood spurge), and several other minor species, all of which are lovely, pest-resistant perennials. 1996 January 1, Barbara Pleasant, The Gardener's Weed Book: Earth-safe Controls, Storey Publishing, →ISBN, page 138:

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Translations (10)

hu színeváltó kutyatej (Euphorbia epithymoides) · fi kultatyräkki (Euphorbia epithymoides) · cs pryšec mnohobarvý (Euphorbia epithymoides) · de Vielfarbige Wolfsmilch (Euphorbia epithymoides) · nl kleurige wolfsmelk (Euphorbia epithymoides) · sv gulltörel (Euphorbia epithymoides) · hsb pisana mlóčeń (Euphorbia epithymoides) · de Bunt-Wolfsmilch (Euphorbia epithymoides) · pl wilczomlecz pstry (Euphorbia epithymoides) · ru молочай многоцветный (Euphorbia epithymoides)