noun
not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun
• Syn: ↑sun spurge, ↑wartwort, ↑devil's milk, ↑Euphorbia helioscopia
• Hypernyms: ↑spurge
• Member Holonyms: ↑Euphorbia, ↑genus Euphorbia
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun dialect England : any of several plants thought to cure warts: as
a. : sun spurge
b. : devil's milk 1
c. : celandine 1
d. : nipplewort
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wartˈweed noun
A kind of spurge (its caustic juice thought to cure warts)
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Main Entry: ↑wart
Useful english dictionary. 2012.