euphorbiaceous

[Mod. Lat. euphor. biacea (q. v.), and Eng., ., suff. -ous.] Bot.: Of or belonging to the Euphorbiacese (q.v.). eu-phor'-bi-æ, s. pl. [Pl. of Latin euphorbia (q. v.).] Bot.: A tribe of the sub-order Euphorbiere. It consists of herbs or shrubs with milky juice; many stamens collected into a calyx-like involucre, by some called a perianth; a solitary pistil pedicel led, three-lobed and three-celled.