genus harrisia

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   genus of slender often treelike spiny cacti with solitary showy nocturnal white or pink flowers; Florida and Caribbean to South America

   SynonymsHarrisia

   Broadercaryophylloid dicot genus

   Part ofCactaceae

Questions about genus harrisia

What does genus harrisia mean?

genus harrisia means "genus of slender often treelike spiny cacti with solitary showy nocturnal white or pink flowers; Florida and Caribbean to South America".

What is another word for genus harrisia?

Close synonyms include Harrisia. 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 genus harrisia a common word?

genus harrisia 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.