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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Poin·set·ti·a n.  Bot. A Mexican shrub (Euphorbia pulcherrima) with very large and conspicuous vermilion bracts below the yellowish flowers.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Euphorbia pulcherrima
      n : tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy
          tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding
          small yellow flowers [syn: poinsettia, Christmas star,
           Christmas flower, lobster plant, Mexican flameleaf,
           painted leaf]