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GENUS HARRISIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Harrisia mean?
• GENUS HARRISIA (noun)
The noun GENUS HARRISIA has 1 sense:
1. genus of slender often treelike spiny cacti with solitary showy nocturnal white or pink flowers; Florida and Caribbean to South America
Familiarity information: GENUS HARRISIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of slender often treelike spiny cacti with solitary showy nocturnal white or pink flowers; Florida and Caribbean to South America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Harrisia; Harrisia
Hypernyms ("genus Harrisia" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Harrisia" is a member of...):
Cactaceae; cactus family; family Cactaceae (constituting the order Opuntiales)
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