Saint-Catherine's flower

noun

Saint-Cath·​er·​ine's flower

-ˈkath(ə)rə̇nz-

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

Word History

Etymology

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

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