About The Word Poinsettia
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Poinsettia
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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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Poinsettia: 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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