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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 Schlumbergeraplay

  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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