Popular Christmas plant named after a US diplomat and amateur botanist Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Popular Christmas plant named after a US diplomat and amateur botanist last seen in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 10 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is POINSETTIA.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% POINSETTIA Popular Christmas plant named after a US diplomat and amateur botanist (10) The Times Specialist Sunday Mar 18, 2018
3% YUCCA Popular house plant (5) Puzzler Backwords Dec 11, 2025
3% LOCALFLORA Amateur botanist's study [...in 38-Down's clue] (10) Wall Street Journal Dec 6, 2025
3% ASA Botanist Gray (3) Eugene Sheffer Dec 4, 2025
2% DILL Plant used in pickling (4) New York Times Jan 18, 2026
2% HOP Plant used to make beer; jump (3) The Telegraph Mini Jan 16, 2026
2% NOEL Christmas (4) LA Times Daily Jan 13, 2026
2% KERI Russell of "The Diplomat" (4) Wall Street Journal Jan 12, 2026
2% YULE Christmas (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jan 12, 2026
2% SEALED Like diplomatic pouches (6) Wall Street Journal Jan 10, 2026

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