painted leaf

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painted leaf - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  painted leaf
      n 1: poinsettia of United States and eastern Mexico; often
           confused with Euphorbia heterophylla [syn: fire-on-the- mountain
           , painted leaf, Mexican fire plant, Euphorbia cyathophora
           ]
      2: tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy
         tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small
         yellow flowers [syn: poinsettia, Christmas star,
         Christmas flower, lobster plant, Mexican flameleaf,
         painted leaf, Euphorbia pulcherrima]