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GENUS EPIPHYLLUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Epiphyllum mean? 

GENUS EPIPHYLLUM (noun)
  The noun GENUS EPIPHYLLUM has 1 sense:

1. small genus of tropical American (mainly Central America) cactiplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS EPIPHYLLUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of tropical American (mainly Central America) cacti

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Epiphyllum"):

epiphyllum; orchid cactus (any cactus of the genus Epiphyllum having flattened jointed irregularly branching stems and showy tubular flowers)

Domain region:

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

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

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


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