HyperDic: christmas_star

English > 1 sense of the expression Christmas star:
NOUNplantChristmas star, poinsettia, Christmas flower, lobster plant, Mexican flameleaf, painted leaf, Euphorbia pulcherrimatropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers
English > Christmas star: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningTropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers.
Synonymspoinsettia, Christmas flower, lobster plant, Mexican flameleaf, painted leaf, Euphorbia pulcherrima
Member ofEuphorbia, genus Euphorbiatype genus of the Euphorbiaceae
BroaderspurgeAny of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia
Spanishpoinsetia
Catalanponsètia

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