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SCHLUMBERGERA GAERTNERI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Schlumbergera gaertneri mean?
• SCHLUMBERGERA GAERTNERI (noun)
The noun SCHLUMBERGERA GAERTNERI has 1 sense:
1. spring-blooming South American cactus with oblong joints and coral-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Schlumbergera
Familiarity information: SCHLUMBERGERA GAERTNERI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SCHLUMBERGERA GAERTNERI (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spring-blooming South American cactus with oblong joints and coral-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Schlumbergera
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Easter cactus; Hatiora gaertneri; Schlumbergera gaertneri
Hypernyms ("Schlumbergera gaertneri" 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 ("Schlumbergera gaertneri" is a member of...):
genus Hatiora; Hatiora (small genus of South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti)
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