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    GENUS RHIPSALIS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Large genus of epiphytic or lithophytic unarmed cacti with usually segmented stems and pendulous branches; flowers are small followed by berrylike fruitsplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Rhipsalis; Rhipsalis

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "genus Rhipsalis"):

    mistletoe cactus (a plant of the genus Rhipsalis)

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

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

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