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• n  tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers

• She has, however, sent me a poinsettia, poked me and placed a gift beneath my Christmas tree.
• Biologist Ramiro Royero has set up a computerized field office there to collect data on a plant still unknown to the outside world: a shrub whose poinsettia-like leaves are .
• The toughness of the poinsettia whitefly has evolved over generations.

• Christmas star
• Christmas flower
• lobster plant
• Mexican flameleaf
• painted leaf
• Euphorbia pulcherrima

News & Articles

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• Lansdale American Legion post looking to increase poinsettia outreach program
  At its peak, the annual Christmas poinsettia outreach program, organized by the American Legion William E. Hare Post 206, in Lansdale, included 30 Gold Star Mothers, according to Lynn Starrett, a member of the post’s ladies auxiliary.
  June 13, 2013 - North Penn Life
• Lansdale American Legion post looking to increase poinsettia outreach program
  At its peak, the annual Christmas poinsettia outreach program, organized by the American Legion William E. Hare Post 206, in Lansdale, included 30 Gold Star Mothers, according to Lynn Starrett, a member of the post’s ladies auxiliary.
  June 13, 2013 - North Penn Life

Quotes

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• Kyle Whittingham in Deseret News
  We are looking forward to playing in the Poinsettia Bowl for the second time in three years. We had a great experience when we played there in 2007 and our players and staff are excited to be going back,said Utah coach Kyle Whittingham....
• Gary Patterson in Pegasus News
  We are very excited to play in the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl,TCU head coach Gary Patterson said. "Boise State is a BCS-caliber team, and I have a high admiration for (Bronco head coach) Chris Petersen and his staff....
• Truman Capote in Chicago Tribune
  Judy Garland called him a living 8-by-10 glossy, and Truman Capote called him the "poinsettia of botany."