Found 2 items, similar to poinsettia.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: poinsettia poinsettia n : tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers [syn: Christmas star, Christmas flower , lobster plant, Mexican flameleaf, painted leaf , Euphorbia pulcherrima]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Poinsettia Poinsettia \Poin*set"ti*a\ (poin*s[e^]t"t[i^]*[.a]), n. [NL. Named after Joel R. Poinsett of South Carolina.] (Bot.) A Mexican shrub (Euphorbia pulcherrima) with very large and conspicuous vermilion bracts below the yellowish flowers. [1913 Webster]