Noun: painted leaf
- Tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers
"The painted leaf added vibrant colour to the tropical garden";
- poinsettia, Christmas star, Christmas flower, lobster plant, Mexican flameleaf, Euphorbia pulcherrima
- Poinsettia of United States and eastern Mexico, often confused with Euphorbia heterophylla
"painted leaf added a vibrant splash of colour to the landscape";
- fire-on-the-mountain, Mexican fire plant, Euphorbia cyathophora
Derived forms: painted leaves
Type of: spurge
Part of: Euphorbia, genus Euphorbia