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单词 purple spurge
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purple spurge
purple spurge n. a small prostrate purplish spurge, Euphorbia peplis, found on sandy coastal areas in southern and western Europe (and formerly the British Isles).
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1719 tr. J. Pitton de Tournefort Compl. Herbal I. 37/2 Purple Sea-Spurge.]
?1785 Earl of Bute Bot. Tables II. 418 Purple Spurge. E. peplis. Stem of 4 inches, decumbent, reddish.
1920 J. Vaughan Music of Wild Flowers i. 12 When on a visit to the Isle of Wight [J. S.] Mill noticed on the shore of Sandown Bay a single specimen of the purple spurge.
1992 Guardian (Nexis) 28 Nov. 3 The saddest entry of all is for the purple spurge, once seen on the beaches of the west and south of England. It has become extinct, and is therefore removed from the protected list.
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