Noun: poinsettia poyn'se-tee-u
- Tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers
"Poinsettias are a popular Christmas decoration";
- Christmas star, Christmas flower, lobster plant, Mexican flameleaf, painted leaf, Euphorbia pulcherrima
Derived forms: poinsettias
Type of: spurge
Part of: Euphorbia, genus Euphorbia
Encyclopedia: Poinsettia