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Saint-Cath·er·ine's flower | \ -ˈkath(ə)rə̇nz- \
Definition of Saint-Catherine's flower
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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