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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Poinsettia

/(poin*sĕt"tĭ*ȧ)/ · Poin·set·ti·a · IPA /ˌpɔɪnˈsɛ.t(i)ə/
01 n. A Mexican shrub (Euphorbia pulcherrima) with very large and conspicuous vermilion bracts below the yellowish flowers.
  1. 1.
    A Mexican shrub (Euphorbia pulcherrima) with very large and conspicuous vermilion bracts below the yellowish flowers.(Bot.)