noun
commonly cultivated tropical American cactus having slender creeping stems and very large showy crimson flowers that bloom for several days
• Syn: ↑rat's-tail cactus, ↑Aporocactus flagelliformis
• Hypernyms: ↑cactus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Aporocactus, ↑genus Aporocactus
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noun : a commonly cultivated tropical American cactus (Aporocactus flagelliformis) having slender creeping stems and very showy crimson flowers three inches long that bloom for several days
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rattail cactus,
a cultivated cactus of Central America, with creeping, cylindrical stems and crimson flowers.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.