HyperDic: genus_harrisia

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Harrisia:
NOUNplantgenus Harrisia, Harrisiagenus of slender often treelike spiny cacti with solitary showy nocturnal white or pink flowers
English > genus Harrisia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninggenus of slender often treelike spiny cacti with solitary showy nocturnal white or pink flowers; Florida and Caribbean to South America.
SynonymHarrisia
Member ofCactaceae, family Cactaceae, cactus familyconstituting the order Opuntiales
Broadercaryophylloid dicot genusgenus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
Spanishgenus harrisia, harrisia
Catalangenus harrisia, harrisia

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