JAPANESE POINSETTIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Showy poinsettia found from the southern United States to Peru

Synonyms:

Euphorbia heterophylla; Japanese poinsettia; mole plant; paint leaf

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Nouns denoting plants

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)

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