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Poinsettia

Poinsettia Meaning & Definition
Poinsettia Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Poinsettia?

[n] tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers

Synonyms | Synonyms for Poinsettia: Christmas flower | Christmas star | Euphorbia pulcherrima | lobster plant | Mexican flameleaf | painted leaf

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See Also | Euphorbia | genus Euphorbia | spurge

Poinsettia In Webster's Dictionary

\Poin*set"ti*a\ (poin*s[e^]t"t[i^]*[.a]), n. [NL. Named after Joel R. Poinsett of South Carolina.] (Bot.) A Mexican shrub ({Euphorbia pulcherrima}) with very large and conspicuous vermilion bracts below the yellowish flowers.

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