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"Cæsalpina pulcherrima" amended to _Cæsalpinia pulcherrima_.
Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture William Saunders 1861
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Most people who buy indoor pots of Euphorbia pulcherrima, commonly known in Spanish as Flor de Noche Buena (Christmas Eve Flower), probably do not realize that the plant in its native habitat grows as high as a small tree.
Did you know? The Thanksgiving and Christmas turkey originated in Mexico. 2008
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Most people who buy indoor pots of Euphorbia pulcherrima, commonly known in Spanish as Flor de Noche Buena (Christmas Eve Flower), probably do not realize that the plant in its native habitat grows as high as a small tree.
Did you know? The Thanksgiving and Christmas turkey originated in Mexico. 2008
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Other birds include: the endemic Seychelles bulbul Hypsipetes crassirostris, blue pigeon Alectroenas pulcherrima, Seychelles sunbird Nectarinia dussamieri, Seychelles kestrel Falco araea and an endemic cave-nesting swiftlet Collocalia francica elaphra.
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Additionally, the only land snail listed by IUCN, the green tree snail (Papustyla pulcherrima), is endemic to Manus.
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The former ambassador gained a greater success, however, when its original Latin name euphorbia pulcherrima was changed to poinsettia pulcherrima.
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The former ambassador gained a greater success, however, when its original Latin name euphorbia pulcherrima was changed to poinsettia pulcherrima.
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Atrae bili adversatur, omnium gemmarum pulcherrima, coeli colorem refert, animum ab errore liberat, mores in melius mutat.
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Omnia tua scripta pulcherrima existimo, maxime tamen illa, quae de nobis.
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A high brow like unto the bright heavens, coeli pulcherrima plaga, Frons ubi vivit honor, frons ubi ludit amor, white and smooth like the polished alabaster, a pair of cheeks of vermilion colour, in which love lodgeth; [4914] Amor qui mollibus genis puellae pernoctas: a coral lip, suaviorum delubrum, in which
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