HyperDic: euphorbia_pulcherrima

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

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