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JAPANESE POINSETTIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Showy poinsettia found from the southern United States to Peru
Synonyms:
Euphorbia heterophylla; Japanese poinsettia; mole plant; paint leaf
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Japanese poinsettia" is a kind of...):
spurge (any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice)
Holonyms ("Japanese poinsettia" is a member of...):
Euphorbia; genus Euphorbia (type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice)