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UK
/pɔɪnsˈɛtiə/
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[ US /ˌpɔɪnˈsɛˌtiə/ ]
[ US /ˌpɔɪnˈsɛˌtiə/ ]
NOUN
- tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers
How To Use poinsettia In A Sentence
- While poinsettia is the most popular, a Christmas cactus in full bloom is a great gift and easy to care for once the flowers have faded.
- Lavender, rosemary and thyme gathered in thick clumps under the windows, with poinsettias, passionflower, marigolds, marguerites and hollyhocks growing wild in the borders.
- I love cooking for the holidays and I love giving edible gifts: cranberry relish, cranberry orange pecan bread and pumpkin muffins, stollen and panettone, tiny chocolate truffles nestled in fluted paper cups adorned with red and green poinsettias. Jamie Schler: 'Tis the Season to be Doubly Jolly!
- “Do you happen to know where the word poinsettia comes from?” BAD GIRL CREEK
- Lavender, rosemary and thyme gathered in thick clumps under the windows, with poinsettias, passionflower, marigolds, marguerites and hollyhocks growing wild in the borders.
- Poinsett is better remembered for having introduced the Nochebuena plant (today known as the poinsettia) to the U.S. Mexico this month - July
- I wrote sponsor letters to local corporate companies, newspapers and radio stations and did one fund-raiser after another, from poinsettias at Christmas to cosmetics on Valentines Day.
- Poinsettias are sensitive to extreme temperature, so don't place your plant next to a heater or near a drafty window or doorway.
- Poinsettias are sensitive to extreme temperature, so don't place your plant next to a heater or near a drafty window or doorway.
- A poinsettia is a living plant, and every instinct tells me that its continued existence must be nurtured, encouraged, celebrated. StarTribune.com rss feed