Poinsettia Definition

poin-sĕtē-ə, -sĕtə
poinsettias
noun
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A Mexican and Central American plant (Euphorbia pulcherrima) of the spurge family, with yellow flowers surrounded by tapering red leaves resembling petals.
Webster's New World
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poinsettia
Plural:
poinsettias

Origin of Poinsettia

  • New Latin after Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779–1851), American diplomat who sent samples of the plant to the United States while in Mexico

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • After the obsolete genus name Poinsettia, named after Joel Roberts Poinsett (19th-century US minister to Mexico).

    From Wiktionary

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