spurge vs poinsettia

poinsettia vs spurge

spurge and poinsettia both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
spurge	Yes	No	No	No
poinsettia	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, poinsettia is a hyponym of spurge; that is, poinsettia is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than spurge:

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

Other hyponyms of spurge include caper spurge, Euphorbia lathyris, mole plant, myrtle spurge, devil's milk, Euphorbia helioscopia, sun spurge, wartweed, wartwort, devil's milk, Euphorbia peplus, petty spurge, Euphorbia caput-medusae, Euphorbia medusae, medusa's head, Euphorbia corollata, flowering spurge, tramp's spurge, wild spurge, Euphorbia marginata, ghost weed, snow-in-summer, snow-on-the-mountain, cypress spurge, Euphorbia cyparissias, Euphorbia esula, leafy spurge, wolf's milk, Christmas flower, Christmas star, Euphorbia pulcherrima, lobster plant, Mexican flameleaf, painted leaf, Euphorbia heterophylla, Japanese poinsettia, mole plant, paint leaf, Euphorbia cyathophora, fire-on-the-mountain, Mexican fire plant, painted leaf, Euphorbia amygdaloides, wood spurge, candelilla, Euphorbia antisyphilitica, dwarf spurge, Euphorbia exigua, Euphorbia fulgens, scarlet plume, cactus euphorbia, Euphorbia ingens, naboom, Christ plant, Christ thorn, crown of thorns, Euphorbia milii, Euphorbia dentata, toothed spurge, Euphorbia villosa.

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

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