painted leaf vs spurge

painted leaf and spurge both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
painted leaf	Yes	No	No	No
spurge	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, spurge is a hypernym of painted leaf; that is, spurge is a word with a broader meaning than painted leaf:

painted leaf: tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers
spurge: any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice

As nouns, spurge is a hypernym of painted leaf; that is, spurge is a word with a broader meaning than painted leaf:

painted leaf: poinsettia of United States and eastern Mexico; often confused with Euphorbia heterophylla
spurge: any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice

painted leaf (noun)	spurge (noun)
tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers	any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice
poinsettia of United States and eastern Mexico; often confused with Euphorbia heterophylla