Wild-poinsettia
noun
1.
Mexican fire-plant.
Mexican fire-plant
[fahyuh r-plant, -plahnt] /ˈfaɪərˌplænt, -ˌplɑnt/
noun
1.
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.
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