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Definition of Poinsettia
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
Definition of Poinsettia
1. n. A Mexican shrub (Euphorbia pulcherrima) with very large and conspicuous vermilion bracts below the yellowish flowers.
Definition of Poinsettia
1. Noun. A plant, ''Euphorbia pulcherrima'', with rather small and insignificant flowers but large brightly coloured leaves. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Poinsettia
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Medical Definition of Poinsettia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Poinsettia
Literary usage of Poinsettia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mysteries of the Flowers by Herbert Waldron Faulkner (1917)
"poinsettia—Euphorbia pulcherrima This flower, blooming in greenhouses about ...
A glance at the poinsettia will show that the scarlet leaves are not petals ..."
2. Life in the Mission, the Camp, and the Zenáná; Or, Six Years in India by Helen Douglas Mackenzie (1853)
"... —poinsettia.—Bathing. —Bearers.—Kev. J. Macdonald.—Communion.—Miss Laing's
School.— Charlotte Green.—Examination of Baranagar School.—Bengal Brahmins. ..."
3. Life in the mission, the camp and the zenáná; or, Six years in India by Helen Mackenzie, Colin Mackenzie (1854)
"... Brahman Convert—poinsettia—Bathing —Bearers—Rev. J. Macdonald—Communion—Miss
Laing's School — Charlotte Green — Examination of Baranagar School — Bengal ..."
4. The Mysteries of the Flowers by Herbert Waldron Faulkner (1917)
"poinsettia—Euphorbia pulcherrima This flower, blooming in greenhouses about ...
A glance at the poinsettia will show that the scarlet leaves are not petals ..."
5. Life in the Mission, the Camp, and the Zenáná; Or, Six Years in India by Helen Douglas Mackenzie (1853)
"... —poinsettia.—Bathing. —Bearers.—Kev. J. Macdonald.—Communion.—Miss Laing's
School.— Charlotte Green.—Examination of Baranagar School.—Bengal Brahmins. ..."
6. Life in the mission, the camp and the zenáná; or, Six years in India by Helen Mackenzie, Colin Mackenzie (1854)
"... Brahman Convert—poinsettia—Bathing —Bearers—Rev. J. Macdonald—Communion—Miss
Laing's School — Charlotte Green — Examination of Baranagar School — Bengal ..."