ponsètia

From the name of Joel Roberts Poinsett, an American diplomat in Mexico, where the flowers originated.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [punˈsɛ.ti.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ponˈsɛ.ti.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ponˈsɛ.ti.a]

ponsètia f (plural ponsèties)

1. poinsettia

   Synonym: flor de Nadal

• “ponsètia”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007