genus schlumbergera

English Thesaurus

1. South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	caryophylloid dicot genus,
definition	:	genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	christmas cactus, schlumbergera baridgesii, schlumbergera buckleyi,
definition	:	epiphytic cactus of Brazilian ancestry widely cultivated as a houseplant having jointed flat segments and usually rose-purple flowers that bloom in winter (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	cactaceae, cactus family, family cactaceae,
definition	:	constituting the order Opuntiales (noun.plant)