[n] tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers [n] poinsettia of United States and eastern Mexico; often confused with Euphorbia heterophylla
Christmas flower, Christmas star, Euphorbia cyathophora, Euphorbia pulcherrima, fire-on-the-mountain, lobster plant, Mexican fire plant, Mexican flameleaf, poinsettia