HyperDic: lobster_plant

English > 1 sense of the expression lobster plant:
NOUNplantlobster plant, poinsettia, Christmas star, Christmas flower, Mexican flameleaf, painted leaf, Euphorbia pulcherrimatropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers
English > lobster plant: 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, 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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