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APOROCACTUS FLAGELLIFORMIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Aporocactus flagelliformis mean? 

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

1. commonly cultivated tropical American cactus having slender creeping stems and very large showy crimson flowers that bloom for several daysplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


APOROCACTUS FLAGELLIFORMIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Commonly cultivated tropical American cactus having slender creeping stems and very large showy crimson flowers that bloom for several days

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Aporocactus flagelliformis; rat's-tail cactus; rattail cactus

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

cactus (any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines)

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

Aporocactus; genus Aporocactus (small genus of epiphytic cacti of Mexico)


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