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Euphemius

Euphemius was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 490 to 496, a Chalcedonian who sought reunion with Rome without condemning Acacius and was deposed and exiled by Emperor Anastasius I.

Euphemus Linea

Euphemus Linea is a 1250-km-wide linea on Jupiter's moon Europa, centered at 11.4 degrees south latitude, named for the mythological son of Europa and Poseidon, adopted by the IAU in 2003.

Euphonia

Euphonia (euphonias), genus of Neotropical finches in Fringillidae, subfamily Euphoniinae, established by Desmarest 1806; distinguished from Chlorophonia by paraphyly findings, blue-hooded species moved to Chlorophonia in 2021, and specialized mistletoe-fruit diet.

Euphonium

The euphonium is a conical-bore B-flat valved brass instrument, pitched an octave above the tuba, invented by Ferdinand Sommer of Weimar in the early 1840s; distinguished from the baritone horn by its wider conical bore and darker tone, and central to the British brass band.

Euphorbia

Euphorbia (spurges) is a cosmopolitan genus of Euphorbiaceae, one of the largest plant genera with roughly 1,200 to over 2,000 species, defined by milky toxic latex and the cyathium inflorescence, with four subgenera and wide medicinal use.

Euphorbia antisyphilitica

Euphorbia antisyphilitica, commonly known as candelilla, is a semisucculent shrub of the spurge family native to the southern United States and Mexico and the source of candelilla wax.

Euphorbia cyparissias

Euphorbia cyparissias, cypress or graveyard spurge, a rhizomatous Euphorbiaceae perennial native to Europe and NW Türkiye, introduced across North America, Japan, and New Zealand, reproducing by seed and creeping roots.

Euphorbia heterophylla

Euphorbia heterophylla (wild poinsettia, Mexican fireplant, milkweed) is an annual latex-bearing Euphorbiaceae herb native to tropical America, now a pantropical soybean and maize weed with documented ALS, glyphosate, and PPO herbicide resistance.

Euphorbia hirta

Euphorbia hirta (asthma plant, tawa-tawa), an annual Euphorbiaceae herb native to tropical America, used in traditional medicine for asthma, diarrhea, and dengue; pharmacology remains preclinical.

Euphorbia milii

Euphorbia milii, crown of thorns or Christ plant, is a spiny semisucculent Madagascan shrub in Euphorbiaceae grown for red, pink, white, or yellow bracts; its toxic latex causes dermatitis and eye injury, and its diterpenoids show molluscicidal and pharmacological activity.

Euphorbiaceae

Euphorbiaceae, the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae Juss., 1789), is a Malpighiales family of about 230 genera and 6,500+ species with unisexual flowers, latex, and the unique cyathium; includes Hevea rubber, cassava, and castor oil plants.

Euphoria

Euphoria is an intensely elevated mood of happiness or well-being, from Greek euphoros (bearing well). A medical term since 1727, it marks mania and hypomania, drug effects, and dopamine-linked reward, distinct from ordinary happiness.

Euphoria (2017 film)

Euphoria (2017), also titled Euforia, is Lisa Langseth's English-language debut drama starring Alicia Vikander and Eva Green as estranged sisters traveling to a euthanasia clinic; it premiered at TIFF Platform 2017 and was poorly reviewed.

Euphoria (2026 film)

Euphoria (యుఫోరియా) is a 2026 Telugu social drama directed by Gunasekhar, starring Bhumika Chawla and Sara Arjun, inspired by the Jubilee Hills pub case, released 6 February 2026, distinct from the HBO series Euphoria.

Euphoria (American TV series)

Euphoria (American TV series): HBO teen drama adapted from an Israeli series, created by Sam Levinson, starring Zendaya as addicted narrator Rue Bennett; premiered 2019, three Emmy wins in 2020, three seasons, ended with season 3 in 2026.

Euphoria (disambiguation)

Euphoria (εὐφορία): intense feeling of well-being; also a psychiatric sign of exaggerated elation in mania, a drug-effect term, and the HBO drama starring Zendaya as Rue Bennett; from Greek euphoros, bearing well.

Euphoria (Kendrick Lamar song)

"euphoria" is a 6:24 Kendrick Lamar diss track aimed at Drake, released April 30, 2024 on Interscope in response to "Push Ups" and "Taylor Made Freestyle"; it hit number one on US Spotify and Apple Music and was later performed at the Super Bowl LIX halftime show.

Euphoria (King novel)

Euphoria (2014) is Lily King's fourth novel, a historical fiction reimagining of Margaret Mead, Reo Fortune, and Gregory Bateson's 1933 New Guinea love triangle as Nell Stone, Fen, and Andrew Bankson; winner of the first Kirkus Prize for Fiction.

Euphoria (Loreen song)

Euphoria is a 2012 electropop song by Swedish singer Loreen, written by Thomas G:son and Peter Boström. It won Eurovision 2012 in Baku with 372 points, topped charts in 17 countries, and preceded her 2023 win with Tattoo.

Euphoria (visual novel)

Euphoria (ユーフォリア) is a 2011 Japanese adult visual novel (eroge) by CLOCKUP for Windows, localized in English by MangaGamer in 2015. A death-game story: Keisuke Takatou and six heroines are locked in a white room and forced into sadistic tasks, with a true route revealing the plot.

Euphoria (אופוריה) (Israeli TV series)

Euphoria (אופוריה) is an Israeli teen drama miniseries created by Ron Leshem and Daphna Levin, aired on HOT's Hot 3 from 30 November 2012, one season, partly based on the 2004 Ra'anan Levy murder, and the source of HBO's 2019 American remake.

Euphoria season 1

First season (2019) of HBO's Euphoria, also called Euphoria Season 1: eight episodes created and written by Sam Levinson, adapted from the Israeli HOT series, starring Zendaya as Rue Bennett, a 17-year-old addict fresh from rehab; averaged 6.6 million viewers in 90 days and won Zendaya a history-making Emmy.

Euphoria season 2

Euphoria season 2 (2022): second season of Sam Levinson's HBO teen drama, eight episodes, Rue's relapse, 35mm Ektachrome cinematography by Marcell Rév, 10.3 million premiere viewers, Zendaya Emmy win.

Euphoria season 3

Euphoria season 3, the final season of Sam Levinson's HBO drama, premiered April 12, 2026 with eight episodes, jumping five years ahead; Rue (Zendaya) dies in the finale, and reviews were mixed to negative (44% RT, 56 Metacritic).

Euphoria specials

The Euphoria specials, also called bridge episodes, are two COVID-era standalone HBO episodes: "Trouble Don't Last Always" (Rue, December 2020) and "F*ck Anyone Who's Not a Sea Blob" (Jules, January 2021), between seasons 1 and 2.

Euphotic zone

The euphotic zone is the sunlit upper ocean layer where 1 percent of surface light still penetrates, allowing photosynthesis and nearly all marine primary production, typically 40 to 200 meters deep.

Euphractus

Euphractus (six-banded armadillos) is a monotypic armadillo genus, Wagler 1830, containing only Euphractus sexcinctus, the yellow armadillo of South America: 3–7 kg, diurnal, omnivorous, IUCN Least Concern.

Euphrase Kezilahabi

Euphrase Kezilahabi (1944–2020) was a Tanzanian novelist, poet, and scholar of Swahili literature, a pioneer of free verse whose novel Rosa Mistika was later translated by Yale University Press.

Euphrasia

Euphrasia, the eyebrights, is a genus of semi-parasitic annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs in Orobanchaceae, first published by Linnaeus in 1753 and notorious for how hard its species are to tell apart.

Euphrasia Donnelly

Euphrasia Louise "Fraze" Donnelly (1905–1963), American freestyle swimmer of the Hoosier Athletic Club; won gold in the 4x100 m freestyle relay at Paris 1924 in world-record 4:58.8 with Ederle, Lackie, and Wehselau; later professional swimmer and Indiana instructor.