English noun: poinsettia | |||
1. | poinsettia (plant) tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers | ||
Synonyms | Christmas flower, Christmas star, Euphorbia pulcherrima, lobster plant, Mexican flameleaf, painted leaf | ||
Broader (hypernym) | spurge | ||
Member meronym | Euphorbia, genus Euphorbia | ||