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HATIORA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small genus of South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti

Synonyms:

genus Hatiora; Hatiora

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Hatiora"):

Easter cactus; Hatiora gaertneri; Schlumbergera gaertneri (spring-blooming South American cactus with oblong joints and coral-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Schlumbergera)

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

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

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