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EUPHORBIA CYATHOPHORA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Euphorbia cyathophora mean?
• EUPHORBIA CYATHOPHORA (noun)
The noun EUPHORBIA CYATHOPHORA has 1 sense:
1. poinsettia of United States and eastern Mexico; often confused with Euphorbia heterophylla
Familiarity information: EUPHORBIA CYATHOPHORA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EUPHORBIA CYATHOPHORA (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Poinsettia of United States and eastern Mexico; often confused with Euphorbia heterophylla
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Euphorbia cyathophora; fire-on-the-mountain; Mexican fire plant; painted leaf
Hypernyms ("Euphorbia cyathophora" is a kind of...):
spurge (any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice)
Holonyms ("Euphorbia cyathophora" is a member of...):
Euphorbia; genus Euphorbia (type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice)
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