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

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