poinsettia in English

noun
1
a small Mexican shrub with large showy scarlet bracts surrounding the small yellow flowers, popular as a houseplant at Christmas.
For most Americans poinsettias are like Douglas firs: You buy them for Christmas, and throw them out along with all that shredded wrapping paper.

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1. 24 Water the poinsettia moderately, experts say. Before Easter, prune severely.

2. Bracts are sometimes larger and more brightly coloured than the true flower, as in poinsettia.

3. Centuries later, Mexico's early Christians adopted the poinsettia as their prized Christmas Eve flower.

4. Two tiny water drops sit Artistically on petal of red poinsettia perfect for a background

5. The Amaryllis is starting to rival the poinsettia as a floral choice for the holiday season

6. I am the color of passion and of love , the red rose , the poinsettia and the poppy . "

7. For example, Poinsettia shows little change after a 24 hour 1 ppm ethylene exposure, yet Cuphea hyssopifolia Abscises all flowers after a 24 hour 0.01 ppm exposure

8. (4) Exception for the following plants: Argyranthemum frutescens, Chrysanthemum frutescens, Begonia x hiemalis, Begonia elatior, Campanula, Dendranthema x grandiflora, Chrysanthemum x morifolium, Euphorbia pulcherrima, Poinsettia pulcherrima, Hibiscus, Kalanchoe, Pelargonium, Primula and Saintpaulia.

9. The colour range in poinsettia varieties is obtained either through classic breeding (crossing) or mutagenic breeding (radiation), thus generating a spectrum of Bract colours, such as pink, marble, orange and white/creamy.

10. What are often taken to be the petals of flowers are sometimes Bracts—for example, the large, colourful Bracts of poinsettia s or the showy white or pink Bracts of dogwood blossoms.

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12. Bract, Modified, usually small, leaflike structure often positioned beneath a flower or inflorescence. What are often taken to be the petals of flowers are sometimes Bracts—for example, the large, colourful Bracts of poinsettia s or the showy white or pink Bracts of dogwood blossoms.

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