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painted leaf

DEFINITIONS OF: painted leaf

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

Synonyms:
Euphorbia cyathophora, Mexican fire plant, fire-on-the-mountain
Type of:
spurge
any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice

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

Synonyms:
Christmas flower, Christmas star, Euphorbia pulcherrima, Mexican flameleaf, lobster plant, poinsettia
Type of:
spurge
any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice
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