JAPANESE POINSETTIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Japanese poinsettia mean? 

• JAPANESE POINSETTIA (noun)
  The noun JAPANESE POINSETTIA has 1 sense:

1. showy poinsettia found from the southern United States to Peru

  Familiarity information: JAPANESE POINSETTIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JAPANESE POINSETTIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Showy poinsettia found from the southern United States to Peru

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Euphorbia heterophylla; Japanese poinsettia; mole plant; paint leaf

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)