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MISTLETOE CACTUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mistletoe cactus mean? 

MISTLETOE CACTUS (noun)
  The noun MISTLETOE CACTUS has 1 sense:

1. a plant of the genus Rhipsalisplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


MISTLETOE CACTUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A plant of the genus Rhipsalis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

genus Rhipsalis; Rhipsalis (large genus of epiphytic or lithophytic unarmed cacti with usually segmented stems and pendulous branches; flowers are small followed by berrylike fruits)


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