Harrisia

Harrisia
noun
genus of slender often treelike spiny cacti with solitary showy nocturnal white or pink flowers; Florida and Caribbean to South America
Syn: ↑genus Harrisia
Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Cactaceae, ↑family Cactaceae, ↑cactus family

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\\həˈrisēə\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from William Harris, Jamaican botanist + New Latin -ia
: a genus of slender spiny tropical American cacti with solitary showy white or pink flowers

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