Definitions for poinsettiapɔɪnˈsɛt i ə, -ˈsɛt ə
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
poin•set•ti•apɔɪnˈsɛt i ə, -ˈsɛt ə(n.)(pl.)-ti•as.
a plant, Euphorbia pulcherrima, of the spurge family, native to Mexico and Central America, having variously lobed leaves and brilliant scarlet, pink, or white petallike bracts.
Category: Plants
Origin of poinsettia:
< NL (1836), after J. R. Poinsett (1799–1851), U.S. minister to Mexico, who discovered the plant there in 1828; see -ia
Princeton's WordNet
poinsettia, Christmas star, Christmas flower, lobster plant, Mexican flameleaf, painted leaf, Euphorbia pulcherrima(noun)
tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers
Wiktionary
poinsettia(Noun)
A plant, Euphorbia pulcherrima, with rather small and insignificant flowers but large brightly coloured leaves.
Origin: After genus name Poinsettia, named after JR Poinsett (19th-century US minister to Mexico).
Webster Dictionary
Poinsettia(noun)
a Mexican shrub (Euphorbia pulcherrima) with very large and conspicuous vermilion bracts below the yellowish flowers
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