poinsettia
poinsettia 英 [,pɒɪn'setɪə] 美 [,pɔɪn'sɛtɪə]
n. 一品红；猩猩木；圣诞红
名词复数:poinsettias
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- n. 一品红；猩猩木；圣诞红
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1. One of the most popular plants at Christmas is the poinsettia.
圣诞中最流行的植物之一就是圣诞红。
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2. Since the 19th century, the poinsettia, a native plant from Mexico, has been associated with Christmas.
自19世纪开始，一品红，一种原产于墨西哥的植物就和圣诞节联系起来。
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3. Sometimes, we'd all swear that we'd smelled the peppermint, candy cane, gingerbread house and poinsettia fragrances of Christmas wafting out of that hole.
我们敢发誓，有时候，我们还能闻到从洞里飘荡出来的椒薄荷、拐杖糖、姜饼屋和圣诞节的一品红香味。
- poinsettia (n.) from the genus name (1836), Modern Latin, in recognition of Joel R. Poinsett (1779-1851), U.S. ambassador to Mexico, who is said to have brought the plant to the attention of botanists, + abstract noun ending -ia.
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