(v. t.) To emit foam; to froth; -- said of the emission of yeast from beer in course of fermentation.
(n.) Any plant of the genus Euphorbia. See Euphorbia.
Example Sentences:
(1) The toxic and irritant principles of the seed oil and of the latex of the caper spurge (Euphorbia lathyris L.) were isolated together with several non irritants of similar chemical structure.
Turnsole
Definition:
(a.) A plant of the genus Heliotropium; heliotrope; -- so named because its flowers are supposed to turn toward the sun.
(a.) The sunflower.
(a.) A kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia).
(a.) The euphorbiaceous plant Chrozophora tinctoria.
(a.) Litmus.
(a.) A purple dye obtained from the plant turnsole. See def. 1 (d).