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Mexican fire-plant
[
fahy
uh
r
-plant, -plahnt]
/ˈfaɪərˌplænt, -ˌplɑnt/
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noun
1.
a showy plant,
Euphorbia heterophylla,
of the spurge family, growing in the central U.S. to central South America, having red or mottled red and white bracts.
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Also called
wild poinsettia
.
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