poinsettia

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌpɔɪnˈsɛ.tɪə/    美 /ˌpɔɪnˈsɛ.t(i)ə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A plant, Euphorbia pulcherrima, with rather small and insignificant flowers surrounded by large bright red leaves; native to Mexico and Central America and widely cultivated as a garden plant;; widely used in Christmas floral displays.
    — Masses of scarlet Poinsettias glowed bravely against the dark green background formed by broad-leafed plantains, whose great tattered leaves rustled with every gust of wind that reached them.

词形变化

poinsettias plural

词源

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