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Saint-Catherine's flower

noun
Saint-Cath·​er·​ine's flower | \-ˈkath(ə)rə̇nz-\

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1 [ so called from the fancied resemblance of the styles to the spikes on Catherine's wheel ] : love-in-a-mist sense 1

2 : poinsettia

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History and Etymology for Saint-Catherine's flower

after St. Catherine of Alexandria †about 307 Christian martyr who was tortured on a spiked wheel

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