HyperDic: genus_rhipsalis

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Rhipsalis:
NOUNplantgenus Rhipsalis, Rhipsalislarge genus of epiphytic or lithophytic unarmed cacti with usually segmented stems and pendulous branches
English > genus Rhipsalis: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninglarge genus of epiphytic or lithophytic unarmed cacti with usually segmented stems and pendulous branches; flowers are small followed by berrylike fruits.
SynonymRhipsalis
Member ofCactaceae, family Cactaceae, cactus familyconstituting the order Opuntiales
Membersmistletoe cactusA plant of the genus Rhipsalis
Broadercaryophylloid dicot genusgenus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
Spanishgenus rhipsalis, rhipsalis
Catalangenus rhipsalis, rhipsalis, Rhipsalis

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