red spurge

English

a red spurge tree (Euphorbia cotinifolia)

red spurge leaves (Euphorbia cotinifolia)

Noun

red spurge (uncountable)

1. A type of shrubby tree of species Euphorbia cotinifolia, native to Central and South America and cultivated in other tropical climates.
   • 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:

     Red spurge is a hardy tree grown for its ruby-colored leaves. Sap from this plant can cause a severe rash.

   • 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:

     Carrying inconspicuous flowers but very showy reddish foliage, this evergreen tree is native from Mexico to northern South America.

   • 2009 August 25, Lynden B Miller, Parks Plants and People: Beautifying The Urban Landscape, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 100:

     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.

Hypernyms

• spurge, euphorbia, malvid, fabid, rosid, eudicot, angiosperm, tracheophyte, plant

Translations

Euphorbia cotinifolia

• Translingual: Euphorbia cotinifolia

References

• red spurge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Euphorbia cotinifolia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Euphorbia cotinifolia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons