Noun: mole plant
- Poisonous Old World spurge; adventive in America; seeds yield a purgative oil
"mole plant spread aggressively through the garden";
- caper spurge, myrtle spurge, Euphorbia lathyris
- Showy poinsettia found from the southern United States to Peru
"Mole plants brightened the desert landscape with their colourful bracts";
- Japanese poinsettia, paint leaf, Euphorbia heterophylla
Derived forms: mole plants
Type of: spurge
Part of: Euphorbia, genus Euphorbia
Encyclopedia: Mole plant