poinsettia

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A shrub (Euphorbia pulcherrima) native to Mexico that has a cluster of small yellow flowers surrounded by showy, usually scarlet petal-like bracts.

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A former genus of American apetalous plants of the order Euphorbiaceæ and tribe Euphorbieæ, how included as a section of the vast genus Euphorbia.

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[lowercase] The Euphorbia (Poinsettia) pulcherrima, a plant much cultivated in conservatories.

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A Mexican shrub (Euphorbia pulcherrima) with very large and conspicuous vermilion bracts below the yellowish flowers.

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A plant, Euphorbia pulcherrima, with rather small and insignificant flowers but large brightly coloured leaves.

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tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers