orchid cactus

1. 1.

   any cactus of the genus Epiphyllum having flattened jointed irregularly branching stems and showy tubular flowers

   Synonymsepiphyllum

   Broadercactus

   Part ofgenus Epiphyllum

Questions about orchid cactus

What does orchid cactus mean?

orchid cactus means "any cactus of the genus Epiphyllum having flattened jointed irregularly branching stems and showy tubular flowers".

What is another word for orchid cactus?

Close synonyms include epiphyllum. 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 orchid cactus a common word?

orchid 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.