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GENUS HATIORA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small genus of South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti
Synonyms:
genus Hatiora; Hatiora
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Hatiora" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Meronyms (members of "genus Hatiora"):
Easter cactus; Hatiora gaertneri; Schlumbergera gaertneri (spring-blooming South American cactus with oblong joints and coral-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Schlumbergera)
Holonyms ("genus Hatiora" is a member of...):
Cactaceae; cactus family; family Cactaceae (constituting the order Opuntiales)