POINSETTIA
\pɔ͡ɪnsˈɛti͡ə], \pɔɪnsˈɛtiə], \p_ɔɪ_n_s_ˈɛ_t_iə]\
Definitions of POINSETTIA
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tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers
By Princeton University
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Procollagen Proline Dioxygenase
- mixed-function oxygenase that catalyzes hydroxylation prolyl-glycyl-containing-peptide, usually in protocollagen, hydroxyprolylglycyl-peptide. The enzyme utilizes molecular oxygen with a concomitant oxidative decarboxylation of 2-oxoglutarate to succinate. EC 1.14.11.2.