| NOUN | plant | Peireskia, Pereskia, genus Pereskia, genus Peireskia | 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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| 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, genus Pereskia, genus Peireskia | |
| Member of | Cactaceae, family Cactaceae, cactus family | constituting the order Opuntiales |
| 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 |
| Broader | caryophylloid dicot genus | genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers |
| Spanish | genus peireskia, genus pereskia, peireskia, pereskia | |
| Catalan | genus peireskia, genus pereskia, peireskia, pereskia, Pereskia, Peresquia | |
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