Poinsettia

//ˌpɔɪnˈsɛ.t(i)ə//

Synonyms for "poinsettia" (8 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Strong matches (2)

Related words (4)

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Synonyms

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dbpedia genus

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derived from

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is a

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Translations

46 translations across 30 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • بنت القنسول noun (plant)

Bulgarian

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  • коледна звезда noun (plant)

Catalan

2 entries
  • flor de Nadal noun (plant)
  • ponsètia noun (plant)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 一品紅 /一品红 noun (plant)

Classical Nahuatl

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  • cuetlaxochitl noun (plant)

Danish

1 entries
  • julestjerne noun (plant)

Dutch

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  • kerstster noun (plant)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • belega eŭforbio noun (plant)

Faroese

1 entries
  • jólastjørna noun (plant)

Finnish

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  • joulutähti noun (plant)

German

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  • Weihnachtsstern noun (plant)

Hungarian

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  • mikulásvirág noun (plant)

Icelandic

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  • jólastjarna noun (plant)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kastuba noun (plant)

Irish

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  • poinséitia noun (plant)

Italian

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  • stella di Natale noun (plant)

Korean

1 entries
  • 포인세티아 noun (plant)

Nahuatl

1 entries
  • cuetlaxōchitl noun (plant)

Persian

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  • سرخبرگه، بنت کنسول، بنت قنسول noun (plant)

Polish

4 entries
  • gwiazda betlejemska noun (plant)
  • poinsecja noun (plant)
  • poinsecja nadobna noun (plant)
  • wilczomlecz nadobny noun (plant)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • bico-de-papagaio noun (plant)
  • poinsétia noun (plant)

Romanian

2 entries
  • crăciuniță noun (plant)
  • steaua Crăciunului noun (plant)

Russian

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  • пуансе́ттия noun (plant)

Spanish

4 entries
  • corona del Inca noun (plant)
  • estrella federal noun (plant)
  • flor de Nochebuena noun (plant)
  • flor de Pascua noun (plant)

Swedish

1 entries
  • julstjärna noun (plant)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • paskuwa noun (plant)
  • paskuwas noun (plant)

Thai

3 entries
  • คริสต์มาส noun (plant)
  • สองฤดู noun (plant)
  • โพผัน noun (plant)

Turkish

1 entries
  • Atatürk çiçeği noun (plant)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • trạng nguyên noun (plant)

Welsh

1 entries
  • poinsetia noun (plant)

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Another plant that many people connect with Christmas is the poinsettia. Poinsettias are native to Mexico. They can be white or pink, but most are bright red. They are named after the first American ambassador to Mexico. Joel Poinsett liked them enough to send some back to the United States.

Source: tatoeba (12258909)

Masses of scarlet Poinsettias glowed bravely against the dark green background formed by broad-leafed plantains, whose great tattered leaves rustled with every gust of wind that reached them.

Source: wiktionary

“So red,” she said of the poinsettias behind Florencia, which Jacquie didn’t even like because of how even the real ones look fake.

Source: wiktionary

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