GENUS HATIORA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Hatiora mean? 

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

1. small genus of South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS HATIORA (noun)

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Meaning:

Small genus of South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Hatiora; Hatiora

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Hatiora"):

Easter cactus; Hatiora gaertneri; Schlumbergera gaertneri (spring-blooming South American cactus with oblong joints and coral-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Schlumbergera)

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

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