spurge(n = noun.plant) - any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice;
is a kind of bush, shrub
is a member of euphorbia, genus euphorbia
has particulars: caper spurge, euphorbia lathyris, mole plant, myrtle spurge, devil's milk, euphorbia helioscopia, sun spurge, wartweed, wartwort, devil's milk, euphorbia peplus, petty spurge, euphorbia caput-medusae, euphorbia medusae, medusa's head, euphorbia corollata, flowering spurge, tramp's spurge, wild spurge, euphorbia marginata, ghost weed, snow-in-summer, snow-on-the-mountain, cypress spurge, euphorbia cyparissias, euphorbia esula, leafy spurge, wolf's milk, euphorbia hirsuta, hairy spurge, christmas flower, christmas star, euphorbia pulcherrima, lobster plant, mexican flameleaf, painted leaf, poinsettia, euphorbia heterophylla, japanese poinsettia, mole plant, paint leaf, euphorbia cyathophora, fire-on-the-mountain, mexican fire plant, painted leaf, euphorbia amygdaloides, wood spurge, candelilla, euphorbia antisyphilitica, dwarf spurge, euphorbia exigua, euphorbia fulgens, scarlet plume, cactus euphorbia, euphorbia ingens, naboom, christ plant, christ thorn, crown of thorns, euphorbia milii, euphorbia dentata, toothed spurge

   To emit foam; to froth; -- said of the emission of yeast from beer in course of fermentation. W. Cartright. [1913 Webster]

   Any plant of the genus Euphorbia. See Euphorbia. [1913 Webster]

spurge, n. any plant of the genus Euphorbia, exuding an acrid milky juice once used medicinally as a purgative.

Idiom:
spurge laurel any shrub of the genus Daphne, esp. D. laureola, with small yellow flowers.

Etymology:
ME f. OF espurge f. espurgier f. L expurgare (as EX-(1), PURGE)

allegheny mountain spurge, allegheny spurge, caper spurge, cypress spurge, dwarf spurge, flowering spurge, hairy spurge, japanese spurge, leafy spurge, myrtle spurge, petty spurge, slipper spurge, spurge family, spurge laurel, spurge nettle, sun spurge, toothed spurge, tramp's spurge, wild spurge, wood spurge