allegheny spurge

1. 1.

   low semi-evergreen perennial herb having small spikes of white or pinkish flowers; native to southern United States but grown elsewhere

   SynonymsAllegheny mountain spurgePachysandra procumbens

   Broaderpachysandra

Questions about allegheny spurge

What does allegheny spurge mean?

allegheny spurge means "low semi-evergreen perennial herb having small spikes of white or pinkish flowers; native to southern United States but grown elsewhere".

What is another word for allegheny spurge?

Close synonyms include Allegheny mountain spurge, Pachysandra procumbens. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is allegheny spurge a common word?

allegheny spurge is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.