(n)a strain of pest accidentally imported into Florida from the Middle East then spread to California where it is a very serious pest feeding on almost all vegetable crops and poinsettias, Syn.Bemisia tabaci, poinsettia strain
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‖n. [ NL. Named after Joel R. Poinsett of South Carolina. ] (Bot.) A Mexican shrub (Euphorbia pulcherrima) with very large and conspicuous vermilion bracts below the yellowish flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]