Saint–Catherine's flower
noun
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 1
2 : poinsettia
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Origin and Etymology of saint–catherine's flower
after St. Catherine of Alexandria †about 307 Christian martyr who was tortured on a spiked wheel
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