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Poinsettia   /pɔɪnsˈɛtiə/  /pɔɪnsˈɛtə/   Listen
Poinsettia

noun
1.
Tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers.  Synonyms: Christmas flower, Christmas star, Euphorbia pulcherrima, lobster plant, Mexican flameleaf, painted leaf.



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"Poinsettia" Quotes from Famous Books



... upon the surface. Through the polished green of the surrounding palms and rubber-plants stared gardenias and camelias; below, between maidenhair and sword-ferns, winked the little waxen blossoms of fuchsias and begonias: at intervals poinsettia flared audaciously among its more quietly dressed neighbors; and, in the far corners the golden spheres were swelling to fairly respectable proportions on the branches ...
— The Lieutenant-Governor • Guy Wetmore Carryl


Words linked to "Poinsettia" :   Euphorbia, genus Euphorbia, spurge, Euphorbia pulcherrima


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