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MEXICAN FIRE PLANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mexican fire plant mean? 

MEXICAN FIRE PLANT (noun)
  The noun MEXICAN FIRE PLANT has 1 sense:

1. poinsettia of United States and eastern Mexico; often confused with Euphorbia heterophyllaplay

  Familiarity information: MEXICAN FIRE PLANT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MEXICAN FIRE PLANT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Poinsettia of United States and eastern Mexico; often confused with Euphorbia heterophylla

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Euphorbia cyathophora; fire-on-the-mountain; Mexican fire plant; painted leaf

Hypernyms ("Mexican fire plant" is a kind of...):

spurge (any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice)

Holonyms ("Mexican fire plant" is a member of...):

Euphorbia; genus Euphorbia (type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice)


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