poinsettia strain

NOUN
17 LETTERS · STARTS WITH P

poinsettia strain is a valid 17-letter word worth 18 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
P3O1I1N1S1E1T1T1I1A1S1T1R1A1I1N1
3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =18 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 36TRIPLE WORD → 54
MEANING

What does poinsettia strain mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE
1

A strain of pest accidentally imported into Florida from the Middle East then spread to California where it is a very serious pest feeding on almost all vegetable crops and poinsettias.