noun
small genus of Brazilian cacti having flat fleshy usually branched joints and showy red or pink flowers followed by red fleshy fruits
• Syn: ↑genus Zygocactus
• Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cactaceae, ↑family Cactaceae, ↑cactus family
• Member Meronyms: ↑crab cactus, ↑Thanksgiving cactus, ↑Zygocactus truncatus, ↑Schlumbergera truncatus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.