Poinsettia
Mexican flora introducer
A poinsettia is a tropical plant with large red, pink, or white leaf-like bracts surrounding small yellow flowers.
Native to Mexico, it has become the quintessential Christmas decoration in the United States: Poinsettias lined the church altar.
The plants are often discarded after the holiday season, though they can survive year-round with care.
Modified leaves near flowers
- spurgeLatex-producing flowering plant
- latexMilky plant-derived polymer
- milky sapOpaque plant exudate
- cultivarBred plant variety
propagation · cutting · grafting · variegated · leaf drop · chlorophyll · tropical · Mexico
Climate-controlled plant enclosure
- nurseryRoom for infants
- pottedIn a container
- transplantMove tissue between bodies
- wateringSupplying with moisture
fertilizer · drainage · temperature · indirect light · pinching · pruning · reblooming · overwintering
North American southern nation
- AztecAncient Mexican civilization
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- nativityState of being born
- Star of BethlehemBiblical guiding light
December 12 · ambassador · diplomatic gift · symbolism · purity · celebration · indigenous · dye
Winter nativity celebration
- decorationObject adding visual appeal
- festiveCheerfully celebratory
- ornamentalFor beauty, not function
- centerpieceDecorative table focal point
wreath · garland · red and green · seasonal · yuletide · Advent · mantle · tablescape
bracts
Modified leaves near flowers
cultivar · propagation · cutting · grafting · variegated · leaf drop · chlorophyll · tropical · Mexico · shrub
greenhouse
Climate-controlled plant enclosure
- nurseryRoom for infants
- pottedIn a container
- transplantMove tissue between bodies
watering · fertilizer · drainage · temperature · indirect light · pinching · pruning · reblooming · overwintering · rooting hormone
Mexico
North American southern nation
Star of Bethlehem · December 12 · ambassador · diplomatic gift · symbolism · purity · celebration · indigenous · dye · medicinal
Christmas
Winter nativity celebration
- decorationObject adding visual appeal
- festiveCheerfully celebratory
- ornamentalFor beauty, not function
centerpiece · wreath · garland · red and green · seasonal · yuletide · Advent · mantle · tablescape · ribbon
red
Primary color, warm
speckled · burgundy · cream · salmon · orange · bicolor · Jingle Bells · Freedom · pigment · variegation
PoinsettiaEaster lily
White trumpet flower
daffodil · tulip · hyacinth · forsythia · cherry blossom
Poinsettiawhite lily
Pale, fragrant flowering plant
lavender · forget-me-not · snowdrop · baby's breath · blue iris
Poinsettiaedelweiss
White alpine wildflower
mountain laurel · Christmas rose · winter jasmine · holly · hellebore