genus pereskia

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   genus of tropical American shrubby trees and woody climbers having slender branches with broad flat leaves and large panicles of flowers

   SynonymsPereskiaPeireskiagenus Peireskia

   Broadercaryophylloid dicot genus

   Part ofCactaceae

Questions about genus pereskia

What does genus pereskia mean?

genus pereskia means "genus of tropical American shrubby trees and woody climbers having slender branches with broad flat leaves and large panicles of flowers".

What is another word for genus pereskia?

Close synonyms include Pereskia, Peireskia, genus Peireskia. 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 pereskia a common word?

genus pereskia 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.