Christmas star

n : tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy

tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding

small yellow flowers [syn: {poinsettia}, {Christmas star},

{Christmas flower}, {lobster plant}, {Mexican flameleaf},

{painted leaf}, {Euphorbia pulcherrima}]

Christmas tree

A kind of EIA-232 line tester or breakout box featuring rows of

blinking red and green LEDs suggestive of Christmas lights.

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