APOROCACTUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Aporocactus mean? 

• APOROCACTUS (noun)
  The noun APOROCACTUS has 1 sense:

1. small genus of epiphytic cacti of Mexico

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• APOROCACTUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of epiphytic cacti of Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Aporocactus; genus Aporocactus

Hypernyms ("Aporocactus" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "Aporocactus"):

Aporocactus flagelliformis; rat's-tail cactus; rattail cactus (commonly cultivated tropical American cactus having slender creeping stems and very large showy crimson flowers that bloom for several days)

Holonyms ("Aporocactus" is a member of...):

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