noors, noun

Elliptical form of noorsdoring.
1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo (facing p.236) (caption)The noors — Euphorbia ferox — with its savage spines lives up to its scientific name.
1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo 258The noors..has need of its spine. Like all Euphorbias, it has a silky latex, but unlike the latex of many, this is edible, and were it not for the spine it would never survive a single season.
Elliptical form of noorsdoring.
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