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    PERESKIA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Genus of tropical American shrubby trees and woody climbers having slender branches with broad flat leaves and large panicles of flowersplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Peireskia; genus Pereskia; Peireskia; Pereskia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "Pereskia"):

    Barbados-gooseberry vine; Barbados gooseberry; Pereskia aculeata (West Indian woody climber with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruits)

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

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

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