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Definition of Euphorbia pulcherrima
1. Noun. Tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers.
Group relationships: Euphorbia, Genus Euphorbia
Generic synonyms: Spurge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Euphorbia Pulcherrima
Literary usage of Euphorbia pulcherrima
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plagues and Pleasures of Life in Bengal by David Douglas Cunningham (1907)
"Among the shrubs which prove specially attractive to butterflies, Euphorbia
pulcherrima, the Poinsettia of gardens, occupies a conspicuous place. ..."
2. Handbook of the Wild and Cultivated Flowering Plants by Chester Arthur Darling (1912)
"... subtended by a whorl of scarlet leaves euphorbia pulcherrima. p 180 b Flowers
not subtended by scarlet leaves 120 120 a Leaves dark green and shining ..."
3. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1907)
"euphorbia pulcherrima (Graham) Boiss. " Poinsettia." Nassau, common in cultivation.
EUPHORBIA ANTIQUORUM L. Nassau, cultivated. ..."
4. With the Flowers and Trees in California by Charles Francis Saunders (1914)
"... have confirmed Buist's determination and reinstated it in the genus Euphorbia,
but retaining Graham's specific name, call it euphorbia pulcherrima. ..."
5. A Naturalist in the Bahamas: John I. Northrop, October 12, 1861 by Henry Fairfield Osborn, John I. Northrop (1910)
"euphorbia pulcherrima (Graham) Boiss. "Poinsettia." Nassau, common in cultivation.
EUPHORBIA ANTIQUORUM L. Nassau, cultivated. HURA CREPITANS L. "Sand-box ..."
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