painted leaf

Questions about painted leaf

What does painted leaf mean?

painted leaf means "poinsettia of United States and eastern Mexico; often confused with Euphorbia heterophylla". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for painted leaf?

Close synonyms include fire-on-the-mountain, Mexican fire plant, Euphorbia cyathophora, poinsettia, Christmas star. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is painted leaf a common word?

painted leaf is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.