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    GENUS APOROCACTUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small genus of epiphytic cacti of Mexicoplay

    Synonyms:

    Aporocactus; genus Aporocactus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Aporocactus" is a kind of...):

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

    Meronyms (members of "genus Aporocactus"):

    Aporocactus flagelliformis; rat's-tail cactus; rattail cactus (commonly cultivated tropical American cactus having slender creeping stems and very large showy crimson flowers that bloom for several days)

    Holonyms ("genus Aporocactus" is a member of...):

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

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