Poinsettia – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
poinsettia
n.
Central American plant that produces large red or white flowers
Poinsettia
The
poinsettia ( or ) (
Euphorbia pulcherrima) is a commercially important plant species of the diverse
spurge family. The species is indigenous to
Mexico. It is particularly well known for its red and green foliage and is widely used in
Christmas floral displays. It derives its common English name from
Joel Roberts Poinsett, the first
United States Minister to Mexico, who introduced the plant to the US in 1825.
poinsettia
Noun
1. tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers
(synonym) Christmas star, Christmas flower, lobster plant, Mexican flameleaf, painted leaf, Euphorbia pulcherrima
(hypernym) spurge
(member-holonym) Euphorbia, genus Euphorbia
poinsettia
nm.
poinsettia, Central American plant that produces large red or white flowers
Poinsettia
(n.)
A Mexican shrub (Euphorbia pulcherrima) with very large and conspicuous vermilion bracts below the yellowish flowers.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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