Joel Roberts Poinsett
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American botanist who introduced the poinsettia plant to the United States
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentJames CooperSomething You Should Know · The Origins of Christmas Traditions & A Simple Way to Achiev... · 22:05 · Dec 2024
…Yeah, again, they're an American thing because they come from Mexico. The poinsettia, it was made widely known because of a man called Joel Roberts Poinsett. And that's why we called them poinsettias. And he was the first U.S. ambassador to Mexico in 1825. He had some greenhouses on his plantations in South Carolina.…
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