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Mexican fire plant

noun

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

• Syn: ↑fire-on-the-mountain, ↑painted leaf, ↑Euphorbia cyathophora

• Hypernyms: ↑spurge

• Member Holonyms: ↑Euphorbia, ↑genus Euphorbia

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noun

Usage: usually capitalized M

1. : a showy poinsettia (Poinsettia heterophylla) found from the southern United States to Peru

2. also mexican fireweed : summer cypress

Useful english dictionary. 2012.