tithymal
English
Etymology
Latin tithymalus (“a plant with a milky sap”), from Ancient Greek [Term?]. Compare French tithymale.
Noun
tithymal (plural tithymals)
- Any kind of spurge, especially Euphorbia cyparissias.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for tithymal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)