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PEIRESKIA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of tropical American shrubby trees and woody climbers having slender branches with broad flat leaves and large panicles of flowers
Synonyms:
genus Peireskia; genus Pereskia; Peireskia; Pereskia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Peireskia" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Meronyms (members of "Peireskia"):
Barbados-gooseberry vine; Barbados gooseberry; Pereskia aculeata (West Indian woody climber with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruits)
Holonyms ("Peireskia" is a member of...):
Cactaceae; cactus family; family Cactaceae (constituting the order Opuntiales)