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Devil's milk   /dˈɛvəlz mɪlk/   Listen
Devil's milk

noun
1.
An Old World spurge introduced as a weed in the eastern United States.  Synonyms: Euphorbia peplus, petty spurge.
2.
Not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun.  Synonyms: Euphorbia helioscopia, sun spurge, wartweed, wartwort.






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"Devil's milk" Quotes from Famous Books



... of horns he had like handles on the end of his sticks? Well, one day there was a priest over and he said to Pat—"Is it the devil's horns you have on your sticks, Pat?" "I don't rightly know" said Pat, "but if it is, it's the devil's milk you've been drinking, since you've been able to drink, and the devil's flesh you've been eating and the devil's butter you've been putting on your bread, for I've seen the like of them horns on every old ...
— The Aran Islands • John M. Synge



Words linked to "Devil's milk" :   genus Euphorbia, Euphorbia, spurge



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