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GENUS RHIPSALIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Rhipsalis mean?
• GENUS RHIPSALIS (noun)
The noun GENUS RHIPSALIS has 1 sense:
1. large genus of epiphytic or lithophytic unarmed cacti with usually segmented stems and pendulous branches; flowers are small followed by berrylike fruits
Familiarity information: GENUS RHIPSALIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large genus of epiphytic or lithophytic unarmed cacti with usually segmented stems and pendulous branches; flowers are small followed by berrylike fruits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Rhipsalis; Rhipsalis
Hypernyms ("genus Rhipsalis" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Meronyms (members of "genus Rhipsalis"):
mistletoe cactus (a plant of the genus Rhipsalis)
Holonyms ("genus Rhipsalis" is a member of...):
Cactaceae; cactus family; family Cactaceae (constituting the order Opuntiales)
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