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ZYGOCACTUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Zygocactus mean? 

ZYGOCACTUS (noun)
  The noun ZYGOCACTUS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ZYGOCACTUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ZYGOCACTUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Zygocactus; Zygocactus

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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