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    RAT'S-TAIL CACTUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Commonly cultivated tropical American cactus having slender creeping stems and very large showy crimson flowers that bloom for several daysplay

    Synonyms:

    Aporocactus flagelliformis; rat's-tail cactus; rattail cactus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("rat's-tail 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 ("rat's-tail cactus" is a member of...):

    Aporocactus; genus Aporocactus (small genus of epiphytic cacti of Mexico)

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