English > genus Pereskia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | genus of tropical American shrubby trees and woody climbers having slender branches with broad flat leaves and large panicles of flowers. |
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| Synonyms | Pereskia, Peireskia, genus Peireskia |
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| Member of | Cactaceae, family Cactaceae, cactus family | constituting the order Opuntiales |
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| Members | Barbados gooseberry, Barbados-gooseberry vine, Pereskia aculeata | West Indian woody climber with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruits |
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| Broader | caryophylloid dicot genus | genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers |
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| Spanish | genus peireskia, genus pereskia, peireskia, pereskia |
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| Catalan | genus peireskia, genus pereskia, peireskia, pereskia, Pereskia, Peresquia |
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