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Christmas star   /krˈɪsməs stɑr/   Listen
Christmas star

noun
1.
Tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers.  Synonyms: Christmas flower, Euphorbia pulcherrima, lobster plant, Mexican flameleaf, painted leaf, poinsettia.





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"Christmas star" Quotes from Famous Books



... listened. He heard, coming toward him on the frosty air, the sound of many silver-toned bells. The Christmas star had shone out in the sky as soon as the sun set. Now the church bells were ringing, some near and some far, to welcome the Holy Child of Christmas Eve. Their chiming was as wonderful as the sound of the strings of silver bells ...
— Tell Me Another Story - The Book of Story Programs • Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
... is the way with most of us: we forget so easily. And now let's go to church and try to think what the Christmas star means for us." ...
— The Spectacle Man - A Story of the Missing Bridge • Mary F. Leonard


Words linked to "Christmas star" :   spurge, genus Euphorbia, Euphorbia


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