schlumbergera truncatus

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   South American jointed cactus with usually red flowers; often cultivated as a houseplant; sometimes classified as genus Schlumbergera

   Synonymscrab cactusThanksgiving cactusZygocactus truncatus

   Broadercactus

   Part ofZygocactus

Questions about schlumbergera truncatus

What does schlumbergera truncatus mean?

schlumbergera truncatus means "South American jointed cactus with usually red flowers; often cultivated as a houseplant; sometimes classified as genus Schlumbergera".

What is another word for schlumbergera truncatus?

Close synonyms include crab cactus, Thanksgiving cactus, Zygocactus truncatus. 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 schlumbergera truncatus a common word?

schlumbergera truncatus 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.