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New York University Medical Center(health)
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY Credit Union(finance)
State University of New York (SUNY) Health Science Center(health)
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poinsettia (iou) and York University (sh)


poinsettia (iou)



poinsettia noun. M19.
[mod. Latin (see below), from J. R. Poinsett (1779-1851), US diplomat and amateur botanist: see -IA1.]
A shrubby Central American spurge, Euphorbia (formerly Poinsettia) pulcherrima, having large scarlet bracts surrounding small greenish-yellow flowers, much cultivated (esp. at Christmas) as a house-plant.

York University (sh)




Privately endowed university in North York, Ont.

, Can., founded in 1959. It has faculties of administrative studies, arts, Education, environmental studies, fine arts, and graduate studies as well as schools of law, business, and of pure and applied science. Among its research units are centres for the study of refugees, atmospheric chemistry, law and public policy, and Computers in Education.