poinsettia

See also: Poinsettia

English

Poinsettia plants

After the obsolete genus name Poinsettia, named after Joel Roberts Poinsett (19th-century US minister to Mexico); equivalent to Poinsett +‎ -ia.

poinsettia (plural poinsettias)

A plant, Euphorbia pulcherrima, with rather small and insignificant flowers but large brightly coloured leaves.

plant

Nahuatl: cuetlaxōchitl
Polish: poinsecja (pl) f, gwiazda betlejemska (pl) f, wilczomlecz nadobny m, wilczomlecz piękny m, poinsecja nadobna f
Portuguese: bico-de-papagaio m, poinsétia f
Romanian: steaua Crăciunului f
Russian: пуансе́ттия f (puansɛ́ttija)
Spanish: flor de Pascua f, corona del Inca f (Chile), estrella federal f (Argentina), flor de Nochebuena f (Mexico), papagayo m (Venezuela), pastora f (Costa Rica, Nicaragua). sombrilla japonesa f (Colombia)
Swedish: julstjärna (sv) c
Tagalog: paskwa, paskwas
Turkish: Atatürk çiçeği (tr)

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