spurge-wortn.
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gladdona700
gladiolusc1000
flaga1387
fleur-de-lisc1390
regworta1400
yellow flag1526
lug1538
yellow lily1555
spurge-wort1562
swordling1562
garden flag1578
ireos1578
iris1578
stinking iris1578
water flag1578
yellow iris1578
fane1597
Florentine flower-de-luce1597
stinking gladdon1597
stinking sedge1597
velvet flower-de-luce1597
orris1609
sisyrinchium1629
luce1642
Florence iris1664
cuttle-haft1688
blue flag1732
snake's-head iris1739
flag-flower1753
roast-beef plant1800
shalder1825
flag-leaf1827
sweet sedge1839
poison flag1840
flagger1842
wedding-flower1869
mourning iris1874
flagon1878
Rocky Mountain iris1880
Florentine iris1882
Japanese iris1883
flag-lily1884
sword-flag1884
blue iris1886
thunderbolt1898
scorpion iris1900
1562 W. Turner Herball (1568) ii. 171 This herbe is called in the yle of Purbek Spourgewurt, because the iuyce of it purgeth.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 195 This herbe is called..in English Stinking Gladyn, Spourgeworte, and wilde Ireos.
1583 L. Mascall tr. Profitable Bk. Spottes & Staines 63 Take the yelow flag, some doe call it spurgewort.
2. Botany. Any plant belonging to the order Euphorbiaceæ. Also attributive.
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catapucec1386
Euphorbiaa1398
spurgea1400
tithymala1400
faitour's grassc1440
cat's-grassc1450
nettlewort1523
essell1527
lint-spurge1548
sea wartwort1548
spurge thyme1548
line-spurge1562
myrtle spurge1562
sun spurge1562
wolf's-milk1575
cypress tithymal1578
devil's milk1578
mercury1578
sea-spurge1597
sun tithymal1597
welcome to our house1597
wood-spurge1597
Euphorbium1606
milk-reed1611
milkwort1640
sun-turning spurge1640
spurge-wort1647
caper-bush1673
Portland spurge1715
milkweed1736
Medusa's head1760
little-good1808
welcome-home-husband1828
three-seeded mercury1846
cat's-milk1861
turnsole1863–79
mole-tree1864
snow-on-the-mountain1873
seven sisters1879
caper-plant1882
asthma herb1887
mountain snow1889
crown of thorns1890
olifants melkbos1898
1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. (Herbs) Spurge wort, duyvels Melck-kruydt.
1845 J. Lindley School Bot. (new ed.) 114 Euphorbiaceæ. Spurge~worts.
1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 275 In general the structure of Spurgeworts is very uniform.
1859 E. Capern Ballads & Songs (new ed.) 129 Where spurgewort and dog-mercury And cuckoo-flowers were found.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 379/2 Dactylostemon, a genus of the spurge-wort family.
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