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    CRAB CACTUS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    South American jointed cactus with usually red flowers; often cultivated as a houseplant; sometimes classified as genus Schlumbergeraplay

    Synonyms:

    crab cactus; Schlumbergera truncatus; Thanksgiving cactus; Zygocactus truncatus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("crab 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 ("crab cactus" is a member of...):

    genus Zygocactus; Zygocactus (small genus of Brazilian cacti having flat fleshy usually branched joints and showy red or pink flowers followed by red fleshy fruits)

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