RATTAIL CACTUS

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Meaning:

Commonly cultivated tropical American cactus having slender creeping stems and very large showy crimson flowers that bloom for several days

Synonyms:

Aporocactus flagelliformis; rat's-tail cactus; rattail cactus

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Hypernyms ("rattail cactus" is a kind of...):

cactus (any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines)

Holonyms ("rattail cactus" is a member of...):

Aporocactus; genus Aporocactus (small genus of epiphytic cacti of Mexico)

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