Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A shrub (Euphorbia pulcherrima) native to Mexico that has a cluster of small yellow flowers surrounded by showy, usually scarlet petal-like bracts.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A former genus of American apetalous plants of the order Euphorbiaceæ and tribe Euphorbieæ, how included as a section of the vast genus Euphorbia.
- noun [lowercase] The Euphorbia (Poinsettia) pulcherrima, a plant much cultivated in conservatories.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A Mexican shrub (
Euphorbia pulcherrima ) with very large and conspicuous vermilion bracts below the yellowish flowers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
plant , Euphorbia pulcherrima, with rather small andinsignificant flowers but large brightly coloured leaves.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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“Do you happen to know where the word poinsettia comes from?”
BAD GIRL CREEK Jo-Ann Mapson 2001
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(Poinsett, after whom the poinsettia is named, was the first U.S. minister to Mexico).
Did You Know? Mexico tried to prevent Americans from migrating to Texas 2008
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(Poinsett, after whom the poinsettia is named, was the first U.S. minister to Mexico).
Did You Know? Mexico tried to prevent Americans from migrating to Texas 2008
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Poinsett is better remembered for having introduced the Nochebuena plant (today known as the poinsettia) to the U.S.
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Poinsett is better remembered for having introduced the Nochebuena plant (today known as the poinsettia) to the U.S.
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A poinsettia is a living plant, and every instinct tells me that its continued existence must be nurtured, encouraged, celebrated.
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From your turkey to the cranberries, sweet potatoes and apple pie, your turkey-day meal is Poinsettias, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Euphorbia pulcherrima, better known as the poinsettia, graces many houses during the holidays, especially for those people who
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From your turkey to the cranberries, sweet potatoes and apple pie, your turkey-day meal is Poinsettias, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Euphorbia pulcherrima, better known as the poinsettia, graces many houses during the holidays, especially for those people who
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The poinsettia is a Euphorbia, a succulent from the arid regions of Central America.
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The poinsettia is a short-day or long-night plant.
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pedalinfaith commented on the word poinsettia
Completely different from a pointsetta, which, from the sounds of it, must be a mixed breed dog found in a Georgia pound. I suppose those could make nice Christmas presents too, but they require a bit more than watering.
December 9, 2006