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ZYGOCACTUS

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Meaning:

Small genus of Brazilian cacti having flat fleshy usually branched joints and showy red or pink flowers followed by red fleshy fruits

Synonyms:

genus Zygocactus; Zygocactus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Zygocactus" is a kind of...):

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "Zygocactus"):

crab cactus; Schlumbergera truncatus; Thanksgiving cactus; Zygocactus truncatus (South American jointed cactus with usually red flowers; often cultivated as a houseplant; sometimes classified as genus Schlumbergera)

Holonyms ("Zygocactus" is a member of...):

Cactaceae; cactus family; family Cactaceae (constituting the order Opuntiales)

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