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Detailed Synonyms for painted leaf in English

painted leaf:

painted leaf [the ~] noun

  1. the painted leaf
    – tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers 1
    the poinsettia; the Christmas flower; the painted leaf; the Mexican flameleaf; the Christmas star; the lobster plant; the Euphorbia pulcherrima
    – tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers 1
  2. the painted leaf
    – poinsettia of United States and eastern Mexico; often confused with Euphorbia heterophylla 1
    the painted leaf; the Mexican fire plant; the fire-on-the-mountain; the Euphorbia cyathophora
    – poinsettia of United States and eastern Mexico; often confused with Euphorbia heterophylla 1

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Related Definitions for "painted leaf":

  1. tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers1
  2. poinsettia of United States and eastern Mexico; often confused with Euphorbia heterophylla1

Related Synonyms for painted leaf