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Noun: mole plant
  1. Showy poinsettia found from the southern United States to Peru
    - Japanese poinsettia, paint leaf, Euphorbia heterophylla
     
  2. Poisonous Old World spurge; adventive in America; seeds yield a purgative oil
    - caper spurge, myrtle spurge, Euphorbia lathyris

Derived forms: mole plants

Type of: spurge

Part of: Euphorbia, genus Euphorbia

Encyclopedia: Mole plant