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SCHLUMBERGERA BUCKLEYI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Schlumbergera buckleyi mean? 

SCHLUMBERGERA BUCKLEYI (noun)
  The noun SCHLUMBERGERA BUCKLEYI has 1 sense:

1. epiphytic cactus of Brazilian ancestry widely cultivated as a houseplant having jointed flat segments and usually rose-purple flowers that bloom in winterplay

  Familiarity information: SCHLUMBERGERA BUCKLEYI used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SCHLUMBERGERA BUCKLEYI (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Epiphytic cactus of Brazilian ancestry widely cultivated as a houseplant having jointed flat segments and usually rose-purple flowers that bloom in winter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Christmas cactus; Schlumbergera baridgesii; Schlumbergera buckleyi

Hypernyms ("Schlumbergera buckleyi" 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 ("Schlumbergera buckleyi" is a member of...):

genus Schlumbergera; Schlumbergera (South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti)


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