CRAB CACTUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crab cactus mean? 

• CRAB CACTUS (noun)
  The noun CRAB CACTUS has 1 sense:

1. South American jointed cactus with usually red flowers; often cultivated as a houseplant; sometimes classified as genus Schlumbergera

  Familiarity information: CRAB CACTUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRAB CACTUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

South American jointed cactus with usually red flowers; often cultivated as a houseplant; sometimes classified as genus Schlumbergera

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

crab cactus; Schlumbergera truncatus; Thanksgiving cactus; Zygocactus truncatus

Hypernyms ("crab cactus" 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 ("crab cactus" is a member of...):

genus Zygocactus; Zygocactus (small genus of Brazilian cacti having flat fleshy usually branched joints and showy red or pink flowers followed by red fleshy fruits)