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GENUS EPIPHYLLUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Epiphyllum mean?
• GENUS EPIPHYLLUM (noun)
The noun GENUS EPIPHYLLUM has 1 sense:
1. small genus of tropical American (mainly Central America) cacti
Familiarity information: GENUS EPIPHYLLUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of tropical American (mainly Central America) cacti
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Epiphyllum" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Meronyms (members of "genus Epiphyllum"):
epiphyllum; orchid cactus (any cactus of the genus Epiphyllum having flattened jointed irregularly branching stems and showy tubular flowers)
Domain region:
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
Holonyms ("genus Epiphyllum" is a member of...):
Cactaceae; cactus family; family Cactaceae (constituting the order Opuntiales)
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