| 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 | ||