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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A euphorbiaceous annual plant of the warmer regions of America, Poinsettia heterophylla, having blight red floral bracts which in this species are toothed. Also called
Mexican fire-plant .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun poinsettia (
Euphoria cyathophora ) of the U. S. and eastern Mexico; often confused withEuphoria heterophylla .
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- noun poinsettia of United States and eastern Mexico; often confused with Euphorbia heterophylla
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