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Meaning of cliff spurge | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A type of drought-deciduous shrub native to Baja California, of species Euphorbia misera.

uncountable

Examples

“The expansion of the Point Loma treatment plant would have long-term significant impacts to 10.2 acres of maritime succulent scrub, including losses of individuals to populations of San Diego barrel cactus, snake cholla, and cliff spurge on Point Loma.”
“Our trail came out to a cliff top, and we sat and ate lunch while watching the elephant seals on the beach below. Tiny yellow rock daises took hold in the slip scree, along with some of the frankenia and cliff spurge, and in the rock pools below an American oystercatcher picked its way between boulders, both granite and living.”
“Along the ocean near San Diego he collected Cliff Spurge, today listed as rare in the area, and in the dry plains around San Diego now covered by suburbia, he found large tracts of tarweed […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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