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    ZYGOCACTUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small genus of Brazilian cacti having flat fleshy usually branched joints and showy red or pink flowers followed by red fleshy fruitsplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Zygocactus; Zygocactus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "Zygocactus"):

    crab cactus; Schlumbergera truncatus; Thanksgiving cactus; Zygocactus truncatus (South American jointed cactus with usually red flowers; often cultivated as a houseplant; sometimes classified as genus Schlumbergera)

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

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

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