heksenmelk
Dutch
Euphorbia esula
Etymology
From heks (“witch”) + -en- + melk (“milk”). The botanical sense represents a blend of heks + wolfsmelk (“spurge, plant of genus Euphorbia”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɦɛk.sə(n)ˌmɛlk/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: hek‧sen‧melk
Noun
heksenmelk f (uncountable)
- (botany) leafy spurge, Euphorbia esula [from 19th c.]
- Hypernym: wolfsmelk
- witch's milk (neonatal milk) [from 19th c.]
Further reading
heksenmelk on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
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