EASTER CACTUS

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Meaning:

Spring-blooming South American cactus with oblong joints and coral-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Schlumbergera

Synonyms:

Easter cactus; Hatiora gaertneri; Schlumbergera gaertneri

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Easter cactus" 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 ("Easter cactus" is a member of...):

genus Hatiora; Hatiora (small genus of South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti)