poinsettia en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌpɔɪnˈsɛ.tɪə/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌpɔɪnˈsɛ.t(i)ə/ (US)
Etymology
After the obsolete genus name Poinsettia, named after Joel Roberts Poinsett (19th-century US minister to Mexico); equivalent to Poinsett + -ia.
Meanings
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A plant, Euphorbia pulcherrima, with rather small and insignificant flowers surrounded by large bright red leaves; native to Mexico and Central America and widely cultivated as a garden plant; widely used in Christmas floral displays.
“So red,” she said of the poinsettias behind Florencia, which Jacquie didn’t even like because of how even the real ones look fake.
2018, Tommy Orange, “Jacquie Red Feather”, in There There, New York, N.Y.: Vintage Books, →ISBN, page 99:Masses of scarlet Poinsettias glowed bravely against the dark green background formed by broad-leafed plantains, whose great tattered leaves rustled with every gust of wind that reached them.
1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 22:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| poinsettias | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Descendants
poinséitia · 포인세티아 · poinsetia
Synonyms
Christmas star (Euphorbia pulcherrima) · Mexican flame leaf (Euphorbia pulcherrima)
Translations (47)
nci cuetlaxochitl (plant) · ko 포인세티아 (plant) · es corona del Inca (plant) · pt poinsétia (plant) · da julestjerne (plant) · pt bico-de-papagaio (plant) · cy poinsetia (plant) · fi joulutähti (plant) · ca flor de Nadal (plant) · nl poinsettia (plant) · fa سرخبرگه، بنت کنسول، بنت قنسول (plant) · tl paskuwas (plant) · de Weihnachtsstern (plant) · ga poinséitia (plant) · es flor de Nochebuena (plant) · tl paskuwa (plant) · th สองฤดู (plant) · is jólastjarna (plant) · eo belega eŭforbio (plant) · it stella di Natale (plant) · pl wilczomlecz nadobny (plant) · th โพผัน (plant) · nl kerstster (plant) · bg коледна звезда (plant) · es flor de Pascua (plant) · pl gwiazda betlejemska (plant) · vi trạng nguyên (plant) · pl wilczomlecz piękny (plant) · ru пуансе́ттия (plant) · id kastuba (plant) · tr Atatürk çiçeği (plant) · sv julstjärna (plant) · es pastora f. sombrilla japonesa (plant) · hu mikulásvirág (plant) · pl poinsecja (plant) · pl poinsecja nadobna (plant) · es papagayo (plant) · es nochebuena (plant) · ro crăciuniță (plant) · ar بنت القنسول (plant) · th คริสต์มาส (plant) · nah cuetlaxōchitl (plant) · ca ponsètia (plant) · ro steaua Crăciunului (plant) · cmn 一品紅 /一品红 (plant) · es estrella federal (plant) · fo jólastjørna (plant)