red spurge en · NOUN
Meanings
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(uncountable) A type of shrubby tree of species Euphorbia cotinifolia, native to Central and South America and cultivated in other tropical climates.
Red spurge is a hardy tree grown for its ruby-colored leaves. Sap from this plant can cause a severe rash.
2000 May 1, Susan Scott, Craig Thomas, Poisonous Plants of Paradise: First Aid and Medical Treatment of Injuries from Hawaii's Plants, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 134:Various cultivars of purple-leaved Heuchera (coral bells), crimson-leaved annuals such as Solonostemon 'Red Carpet' (coleus), Alternanthera dentata 'Rubiginosa' (alternanthera), and the splendid shrublike annual Euphorbia cotinifolia (red spurge)—these dark reds help carry the eye around a planting bed or along the front of a border.
2009 August 25, Lynden B Miller, Parks Plants and People: Beautifying The Urban Landscape, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 100:Carrying inconspicuous flowers but very showy reddish foliage, this evergreen tree is native from Mexico to northern South America.
2009 July 23, Fred D. Rauch, Paul R. Weissich, “Euphorbia cotinifolia Red Spurge”, in Small Trees for the Tropical Landscape, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 50:
Hypernyms
angiosperm · rosid · euphorbia · eudicot · tracheophyte · malvid · plant · fabid · spurge
Translations (1)
mul Euphorbia cotinifolia (Euphorbia cotinifolia)