euphorbia milii

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   somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts

   Synonymscrown of thornsChrist thornChrist plant

   Broaderspurge

   Part ofEuphorbia

Questions about euphorbia milii

What does euphorbia milii mean?

euphorbia milii means "somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts".

What is another word for euphorbia milii?

Close synonyms include crown of thorns, Christ thorn, Christ plant. 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 euphorbia milii a common word?

euphorbia milii 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.