| Pronunciation: | poyn'seteeu | ||
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| Matching Terms: | poinsettia strain | ||
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| Definition: | [n] 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 | ||
| See Also: | Euphorbia, genus Euphorbia, spurge | ||
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary | |||
| Definition: | \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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