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Meanings of poinsettia in English

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

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      Examples for "Christmas star"
      Examples for "Christmas star"
      1
      The shimmering silver Christmas star earrings she's wearing catch the TV glare.
      Something wicked
      2
      It was the story of the Christmas star-theStar of Bethlehem.
      The Children's Book of Christmas Stories
      3
      The Christmas star had shone out in the sky as soon as the sun set.
      Tell Me Another Story: The Book of Story Programs
      4
      He sees them going, shivering in their shroud of fine linen, and watches the Christmas star loaded on to a cart.
      Wolf hall
      5
      The second new property in the Blue Book is Glin Castle in Co Limerick, owned by actor Dominic West -talk about a Christmas star.
      The Irish Times
      1
      And those red Christmas flowers growing high as the garage!
      Across the Fruited Plain
      1
      Free-branching poinsettia cultivars that produce numerous axillary shoots are essential for propagating desirable multi-flowered poinsettias ( Euphorbia pulcherrima Wild.
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      Usage of poinsettia in English
      1
      There was a great clump of flaming poinsettia at the Payson gate.
      Stanford Stories: Tales of a Young University
      2
      Before we left, Bette handed me a poinsettia in a copper pot.
      Stiltsville: a novel
      3
      And the florist had delivered a huge poinsettia from my sister, Bonnie.
      Fear nothing
      4
      I smiled and ripped off a poinsettia from the planter next to me.
      Made of honor
      5
      I sat there, fingering one of the poinsettia's green leaves.
      Blind willow, sleeping woman
      6
      I looked into the corner of the room, where my father had placed his poinsettia.
      While i'm falling
      7
      Because poinsettia is so difficult to grow, there are only a handful of growers in Ireland.
      The Irish Times
      8
      It's wilting like a poinsettia in an overheated room, death by a billion Amazon same-day deliveries.
      The Irish Times
      9
      She covered the fondant poinsettia leaves-orwere they petals?-withwaxed paper and put them in the fridge.
      Solomon's oak: a novel
      10
      A poinsettia plant, a gift from my father's secretary, sat in the middle of the glass table.
      While i'm falling
      11
      I came armed this season with a new tack and a big poinsettia. He nodded to her.
      A nose for justice
      12
      But along toward evening she blossomed forth in a yellow gown, with a scarlet poinsettia at her throat.
      Buttered Side Down: Stories
      13
      So she stood against the poinsettia.
      Stanford Stories: Tales of a Young University
      14
      Nobody ever wore a scarlet poinsettia; or if they did, they couldn't wear it on a yellow gown.
      Buttered Side Down: Stories
      15
      Bombay, however, was rich in hedges of poinsettia, and they serve as an introduction to the goldmore's glory.
      Roving East and Roving West
      16
      In addition to the Sarah's Legacy poinsettia strain, the all-women-run farm had perfected a creamy ivory-green named Juan's Spirit.
      Solomon's oak: a novel
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