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slipper spurge
DEFINITIONS OF:
slipper spurge
1
n
any of several tropical American shrubby succulent plants resembling cacti but having foot-shaped bracts
Synonyms:
slipper plant
Types:
Pedilanthus bracteatus
,
Pedilanthus pavonis
,
candelilla
wax-coated Mexican shrub related to Euphorbia antisyphilitica
Jew bush
,
Jew-bush
,
Jewbush
,
Pedilanthus tithymaloides
,
redbird cactus
,
redbird flower
low tropical American shrub having powerful emetic properties
Type of:
bush
,
shrub
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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