GENUS HARRISIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Harrisia mean? 

• GENUS HARRISIA (noun)
  The noun GENUS HARRISIA has 1 sense:

1. genus of slender often treelike spiny cacti with solitary showy nocturnal white or pink flowers; Florida and Caribbean to South America

  Familiarity information: GENUS HARRISIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS HARRISIA (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of slender often treelike spiny cacti with solitary showy nocturnal white or pink flowers; Florida and Caribbean to South America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Harrisia; Harrisia

Hypernyms ("genus Harrisia" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("genus Harrisia" is a member of...):

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