Tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers.

synonyms: Christmas flower, Christmas star, Euphorbia pulcherrima, Mexican flameleaf, painted leaf, poinsettia.

Dutch: kerstster
Polish: gwiazda betlejemska, wilczomlecz nadobny, poinsecja nadobna, poinsecja