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MEXICAN FIRE PLANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mexican fire plant mean?
• MEXICAN FIRE PLANT (noun)
The noun MEXICAN FIRE PLANT has 1 sense:
1. poinsettia of United States and eastern Mexico; often confused with Euphorbia heterophylla
Familiarity information: MEXICAN FIRE PLANT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("Mexican fire plant" is a kind of...):
spurge (any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice)
Holonyms ("Mexican fire plant" 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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