Poinsettia

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A tropical American shrub (Euphorbia pulcherrima) that has showy, usually scarlet bracts beneath the small yellow flowerlike inflorescences.
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  • n. A plant, Euphorbia pulcherrima, with rather small and insignificant flowers but large brightly coloured leaves.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A Mexican shrub (Euphorbia pulcherrima) with very large and conspicuous vermilion bracts below the yellowish flowers.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A former genus of American apetalous plants of the order Euphorbiaceæ and tribe Euphorbieæ, how included as a section of the vast genus Euphorbia.
  • n. [lowercase] The Euphorbia (Poinsettia) pulcherrima, a plant much cultivated in conservatories.
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  • n. tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers
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