broom spurge

noun

A grass-like erect spurge, native to Australia, of species Amperea xiphoclada (formerly known as Amperea spartioides).

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nounbroom spurge (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA grass-like erect spurge, native to Australia, of species Amperea xiphoclada (formerly known as Amperea spartioides).

    This Guinea Flower is frequently quick to reappear, as are also the Trochymene and the Broom spurge (Amperea spartioides), seen at other places near.

    1938, Thomas Stephen Hart, “Excursion to Springvale”, in The Victorian Naturalist, volume LIV, page 138
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