Mexican fire-plant

Mexican fire-plant
/fuyeur"plant', -plahnt'/
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. Also called wild poinsettia.

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