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APOROCACTUS FLAGELLIFORMIS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Commonly cultivated tropical American cactus having slender creeping stems and very large showy crimson flowers that bloom for several days
Synonyms:
Aporocactus flagelliformis; rat's-tail cactus; rattail cactus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Aporocactus flagelliformis" is a kind of...):
cactus (any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines)
Holonyms ("Aporocactus flagelliformis" is a member of...):
Aporocactus; genus Aporocactus (small genus of epiphytic cacti of Mexico)