Associations to the word «Spurge»

Wiktionary

SPURGE, noun. Any plant of the genus Euphorbia, a diverse genus of over 2,000 species.
SPURGE, verb. (intransitive) To emit foam; to froth; said of the emission of yeast from beer during fermentation.

Dictionary definition

SPURGE, noun. Any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope