HyperDic: mexican_flameleaf

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