See Also: euphorbiaceae(medicine)

moorhen (iou) and euphorbiaceae (medicine)


moorhen (iou)



moorhen noun. ME.
[from MOOR noun1 + HEN noun.]
An aquatic bird of the rail family, Gallinula chloropus, with chiefly brownish-black and grey plumage and a reddish bill extended into a plate on the forehead, found on or near fresh water in temperate and tropical regions (also called waterhen, (US) common gallinule). Also, any of various Other rails, chiefly of the genus Gallinula. ME.
A female red grouse. ME.

euphorbiaceae (medicine)


euphorbiaceae


The spurge family of flowering plants, in the order euphorbiales, contains some 7,500 species in 275 genera. The family consists of annual and perennial herbs and woody shrubs or trees.