Meanings
- uncountableAn erect, perennial spurge, native to Europe and an invasive species in North America, of species Euphorbia cyparissias.
Contact with the sap of leafy spurge and cypress spurge may result in skin blisters and inflamation^([sic]), and with animals the hair may fall.
1930 April, W. C. Muenscher, “Leafy Spurge and Related Weeds”, in Cornell Extension Bulletin, volume 192, page 102 more examples
The "American ipecac" (E. ipecacuanha), sometimes used as a substitute for the true Brazilian article, is an eye irritant. The milk of the flowering spurge and the cypress spurge have caused some damage along this line ;[…]
1919, “Diseases of the Eye”, in Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, volume 1919, page 103These growers had been harvesting cypress spurge infested hay and selling it for animal food or as construction hay, perhaps assisting the spread of cypress spurge to new areas.
2002, “Cypress Spurge”, in Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the Eastern United States, page 205Synonyms: graveyard spurge
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn erect, perennial spurge, native to Europe and an invasive species in North America, of species Euphorbia cyparissias.
More synonyms by meaning
nounOld World perennial having foliage resembling cypress; naturalized as a weed in the United States
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Czech pryšec chvojka
- pryšec chvojkaEuphorbia cyparissias
Danish cypresvortemælk
- cypresvortemælkEuphorbia cyparissias
Dutch cipreswolfsmelk
- cipreswolfsmelkEuphorbia cyparissias
Finnish tarhatyräkki, kuusityräkki
- tarhatyräkkiEuphorbia cyparissias
- kuusityräkkiEuphorbia cyparissias
French euphorbe petit-cyprès
- euphorbe petit-cyprèsEuphorbia cyparissias
German Zypressen-Wolfsmilch
- Zypressen-WolfsmilchEuphorbia cyparissias
Hungarian farkas kutyatej
- farkas kutyatejEuphorbia cyparissias
Italian euforbia cipressina
- euforbia cipressinaEuphorbia cyparissias
Lithuanian siauralapė karpažolė
- siauralapė karpažolėEuphorbia cyparissias
Polish wilczomlecz sosnka
- wilczomlecz sosnkaEuphorbia cyparissias
Romanian laptele-câinelui
- laptele-câineluiEuphorbia cyparissias
Russian молочай кипарисовый
- молочай кипарисовый (moločaj kiparisovyj)Euphorbia cyparissias
Scottish Gaelic lus a' chomain
- lus a' chomainEuphorbia cyparissias
Slovak mliečnik chvojkový
- mliečnik chvojkovýEuphorbia cyparissias
Spanish euforbia ciprés, esula menor
- euforbia ciprésEuphorbia cyparissias
- esula menorEuphorbia cyparissias
- mirabel lecheroEuphorbia cyparissias
Swedish vårtörel
- vårtörelEuphorbia cyparissias
Ukrainian молочай кипарисоподібний
- молочай кипарисоподібний (moločaj kyparysopodibnyj)Euphorbia cyparissias
Welsh llaethlys cypreswydd
- llaethlys cypreswyddEuphorbia cyparissias
Cite this entry
cypress spurge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cypress%20spurge
“cypress spurge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cypress%20spurge. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cypress spurge,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cypress%20spurge.
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