On this page you'll find 5 example sentences with Spurge. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as shrub or bush and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Spurge meaning
- Any plant of the genus Euphorbia, a diverse genus of over 2,000 species.
- Any plant of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae.
- A plant resembling those in genus Euphorbia in some aspect of its appearance.
Using Spurge
- The main meaning on this page is: Any plant of the genus Euphorbia, a diverse genus of over 2,000 species. | Any plant of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. | A plant resembling those in genus Euphorbia in some aspect of its appearance.
- Useful related words include: shrub, bush.
Context around Spurge
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Spurge
- In this selection, "spurge" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, flowering, leafy, balsam, butterfly, laurel and spreading stand out and add context to how "spurge" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about leafy spurge spreading across and early flowering spurge with acid. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "spurge" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with spurge
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
An upright, early-flowering spurge, with acid-green flowers in late spring. (12 words)
Some high grass, mixed with balsam, spurge, and spiny shrubs, grows in the central region. (15 words)
Tekiela cited a northern Colorado producer he had met with about leafy spurge spreading across that region. (17 words)
The Invasive Plant Drop-Off, also for other invasive alien weeds like holly and spurge laurel, is brought to you by the Salt Spring Fire Department and the Native Plant Stewardship Group with Transition Salt Spring. (36 words)
Other plants Greenberg thought I might notice, but I did not, were Culver’s root, flowering spurge, butterfly weed, Illinois tick-trefoil, prairie Indian plantain (I probably overlooked it) and false white indigo. (33 words)
Tekiela cited a northern Colorado producer he had met with about leafy spurge spreading across that region. (17 words)
Example sentences (5)
Other plants Greenberg thought I might notice, but I did not, were Culver’s root, flowering spurge, butterfly weed, Illinois tick-trefoil, prairie Indian plantain (I probably overlooked it) and false white indigo.
An upright, early-flowering spurge, with acid-green flowers in late spring.
The Invasive Plant Drop-Off, also for other invasive alien weeds like holly and spurge laurel, is brought to you by the Salt Spring Fire Department and the Native Plant Stewardship Group with Transition Salt Spring.
Tekiela cited a northern Colorado producer he had met with about leafy spurge spreading across that region.
Some high grass, mixed with balsam, spurge, and spiny shrubs, grows in the central region.