christmas cactus

1. 1.

   epiphytic cactus of Brazilian ancestry widely cultivated as a houseplant having jointed flat segments and usually rose-purple flowers that bloom in winter

   SynonymsSchlumbergera buckleyiSchlumbergera baridgesii

   Broadercactus

   Part ofSchlumbergera

Questions about christmas cactus

What does christmas cactus mean?

christmas cactus means "epiphytic cactus of Brazilian ancestry widely cultivated as a houseplant having jointed flat segments and usually rose-purple flowers that bloom in winter".

What is another word for christmas cactus?

Close synonyms include Schlumbergera buckleyi, Schlumbergera baridgesii. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is christmas cactus a common word?

christmas cactus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.