The poinsettia is named for Joel Roberts Poinsett from South Carolina. In 1825 President John Quincy Adams appointed him as the United States' first minister to Mexico.一品红因为南卡罗来纳州的乔尔`罗伯茨`波因塞特(Joel Roberts Poinsett)而得名.1825年,美国总统约翰`昆西`亚当斯(John Quincy Adams)任命他为美国首任驻墨西哥大使.
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