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The genus Euphorbia is a huge collection of plants -- many of them are commonly called spurges, but poinsettias also belong in the genus, along with many other plants with various common names.

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Euphorbia is the scientific name.

Specifically, the word is the name of a genus of plants. It honors the Greek physician Euphorbus for whom a cactus-like spurge was named in 12 B.C. The plant in question is known by the common name spurge.

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