English > genus Schlumbergera: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti. |
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Synonym | Schlumbergera |
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Member of | Cactaceae, family Cactaceae, cactus family | constituting the order Opuntiales |
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Members | Christmas cactus, Schlumbergera buckleyi, Schlumbergera baridgesii | epiphytic cactus of Brazilian ancestry widely cultivated as a houseplant having jointed flat segments and usually rose-purple flowers that bloom in winter |
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Broader | caryophylloid dicot genus | genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers |
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Spanish | cactus de navidad, género schlumbergera, genus schlumbergera, schlumbergera |
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Catalan | genus schlumbergera, schlumbergera, Schlumbergera |
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