How many syllables in poinsettia?

There are 3 syllables in the word poinsettia.

Divide poinsettia into syllables:

poinsettia (noun):: any of several spurges (genus euphorbia) with flower clusters subtended by showy involucral bracts; tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers.; a showy mexican and central american plant (e. pulcherrima) with tapering usually scarlet bracts that suggest petals and surround small yellow flowers

christmas flower

christmas star

euphorbia

euphorbia pulcherrima

genus euphorbia

lobster plant

mexican flameleaf

painted leaf

spurge

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