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VINE CACTUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vine cactus mean? 

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

1. desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowersplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


VINE CACTUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

coachwhip; Fouquieria splendens; Jacob's staff; ocotillo; vine cactus

Hypernyms ("vine cactus" is a kind of...):

candlewood (any of several resinous trees or shrubs often burned for light)

Holonyms ("vine cactus" is a member of...):

Fouquieria; genus Fouquieria (resinous succulent trees or shrubs of desert and semidesert regions of southwestern United States that are leafless most of the year)


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