Poinsettia

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Poinsettia \Poin*set"ti*a\ (poin*s[e^]t"t[i^]*[.a]), n. [NL.
     Named after Joel R. Poinsett of South Carolina.] (Bot.)
     A Mexican shrub ({Euphorbia pulcherrima}) with very large and
     conspicuous vermilion bracts below the yellowish flowers.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  poinsettia
       n : tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy
           tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding
           small yellow flowers [syn: {Christmas star}, {Christmas
           flower}, {lobster plant}, {Mexican flameleaf}, {painted
           leaf}, {Euphorbia pulcherrima}]