Associations to the word «Spurge»

Wiktionary

SPURGE, noun. Any plant of the genus Euphorbia, a diverse genus of over 2,000 species.
SPURGE, verb. (intransitive) To emit foam; to froth; said of the emission of yeast from beer during fermentation.

Dictionary definition

SPURGE, noun. Any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats