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Definition of: poinsettia
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(poin·set′ē·ə) noun
Any of a genus (Euphorbia) of American plants of the spurge family, with large showy bracts and inconspicuous flowers, especially an ornamental evergreen hothouse shrub (E. pulcherrima) from Mexico, with richly colored, red, leaflike bracts. [after J. R. Poinsett, 1779–1851, U. S. statesman]
Flower in bracts.
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