Schlumbergera truncatus

Schlumbergera truncatus
noun
South American jointed cactus with usually red flowers; often cultivated as a houseplant; sometimes classified as genus Schlumbergera
Hypernyms: ↑cactus
Member Holonyms: ↑Zygocactus, ↑genus Zygocactus

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  • Schlumbergera — This article is about the genus Schlumbergera, including the house plants commonly called Christmas Cactus or Thanksgiving Cactus. For the Easter Cactus or Whitsun Cactus, see Hatiora. Schlumbergera Cultivar belonging to the Schlumbergera… …   Wikipedia

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  • Zygocactus truncatus — noun South American jointed cactus with usually red flowers; often cultivated as a houseplant; sometimes classified as genus Schlumbergera • Syn: ↑crab cactus, ↑Thanksgiving cactus, ↑Schlumbergera truncatus • Hypernyms: ↑cactus • Member Holonyms …   Useful english dictionary

  • crab cactus — noun South American jointed cactus with usually red flowers; often cultivated as a houseplant; sometimes classified as genus Schlumbergera • Syn: ↑Thanksgiving cactus, ↑Zygocactus truncatus, ↑Schlumbergera truncatus • Hypernyms: ↑cactus • Member… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Thanksgiving cactus — noun South American jointed cactus with usually red flowers; often cultivated as a houseplant; sometimes classified as genus Schlumbergera • Syn: ↑crab cactus, ↑Zygocactus truncatus, ↑Schlumbergera truncatus • Hypernyms: ↑cactus • Member Holonyms …   Useful english dictionary

  • genus Zygocactus — noun small genus of Brazilian cacti having flat fleshy usually branched joints and showy red or pink flowers followed by red fleshy fruits • Syn: ↑Zygocactus • Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Cactaceae, ↑family Cactaceae …   Useful english dictionary

  • Zygocactus — noun small genus of Brazilian cacti having flat fleshy usually branched joints and showy red or pink flowers followed by red fleshy fruits • Syn: ↑genus Zygocactus • Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Cactaceae, ↑family… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Holiday Cactus — The common holiday cacti (Thanksgiving Cactus, Christmas Cactus, Easter Cactus) are composed of several closely related species in the genus Schlumbergera and the species Hatiora gaertneri , (often called Zygocactus in older works). They are… …   Wikipedia

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  • Christmas cactus — noun Etymology: from its annual blooming around Christmastime Date: circa 1900 a branching Brazilian cactus (Schlumbergera bridgesii syn. S. buckleyi) having flat jointed stems with scalloped margins and showy usually red, pink, white, violet, or …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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