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TIL that Poinsettias come from Mexico. The Aztecs call them (Nahuatl language) cuetlaxochitl ̶ xochitl. The name Poinsettia, is in honour of Joel Roberts Poinsett, a US envoy in Mexico City who introduced the plant to the US and Europe.

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