WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

painted leaf
    n 1: poinsettia of United States and eastern Mexico; often
         confused with Euphorbia heterophylla [syn: fire-on-the-
         mountain, painted leaf, Mexican fire plant, Euphorbia
         cyathophora]
    2: 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]