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- noun Common misspelling of
poinsettia .
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Examples
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At left, a pointsettia candle holder made by Ms. Tymoshuk.
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A still life of paperwhites and pointsettia in the Show Dome at Mitchell Park.
Friday Night Miscellany Jan 2009
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Apparently, in some families, there is this tradition of having a Christmas orchid, some others have a pointsettia.
Nunc Scio » Blog Archive » Nunc Scio Considers: Weird Holiday Songs (#3) 2007
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This cupcake is based on the bright red leaves of the pointsettia.
POINTSETTIA CHRISTMAS CUPCAKES Crazy Cupcakes 2006
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This Christmas cupcake is based on the pointsettia drawing in black and white.
POINTSETTIA CHRISTMAS CUPCAKES Crazy Cupcakes 2006
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Christmas Cupcakes based on the beautiful shapes, patterns and colours of the pointsettia plant.
POINTSETTIA CHRISTMAS CUPCAKES Crazy Cupcakes 2006
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I then filled in the pointsettia details with writing icing.
POINTSETTIA CHRISTMAS CUPCAKES Crazy Cupcakes 2006
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The pointsettia plant is also called the flame leaf, Christmas star, Winter rose, Noche Buena or Pascua.
POINTSETTIA CHRISTMAS CUPCAKES Crazy Cupcakes 2006
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'I called it pointsettia,' she said, with dignity.
The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols William Black 1869
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I would far rather draw and paint flowers; but we never have any flowers now except those waxen-looking heaths and that flaming pointsettia over there. '
The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols William Black 1869
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