| NOUN | plant | Christmas cactus, Schlumbergera buckleyi, Schlumbergera baridgesii | epiphytic cactus of Brazilian ancestry widely cultivated as a houseplant having jointed flat segments and usually rose-purple flowers that bloom in winter |
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| Meaning | epiphytic cactus of Brazilian ancestry widely cultivated as a houseplant having jointed flat segments and usually rose-purple flowers that bloom in winter. | |
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| Synonyms | Schlumbergera buckleyi, Schlumbergera baridgesii | |
| Member of | Schlumbergera, genus Schlumbergera | South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti |
| Broader | cactus | Any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines |
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