poinsettia

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poinsettia - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Poinsettia \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.
     [1913 Webster]

poinsettia - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  poinsettia
      n 1: 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]