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rhipsalis Bot.|rɪpˈseɪlɪs|
Also Rhipsalis. Pl. rhipsalides |rɪpˈsælɪdiːz|, rhipsalises.
[mod.L. (J. Gaertner De Fructibus & Seminibus Plantarum (1788) I. 137), f. Gr. ῥίψ wicker-work, mat + L. -ālis (see -al1).]
Any cactus of the genus so called, which is the only one to occur naturally in the Old World and comprises plants with branching stems, many of which are epiphytes with hanging branches; cf. mistletoe cactus s.v. mistletoe 3.
1831Curtis's Bot. Mag. LVIII. 3080 (heading) Rhipsalis Cassytha. Naked Rhipsalis. 1837Mag. Zool. & Bot. I. 469 The fruit of Rhipsalis has been considered to possess a different structure from that of all other Cacteæ. 1884L. Castle Cactaceous Plants 72 The chief distinguishing characters relied upon being the position of the flowers—namely, at the points of the branches, instead of being produced at the sides as in the other Rhipsalises. 1944S. Putnam tr. E. da Cunha's Rebellion in Backlands i. 35 The sinuous rhipsalides, twining like green vipers through the tree branches. 1962Amateur Gardening 24 Feb. 2/1 Several genera are epiphytes, growing..on the..branches of trees..[including] the various species of mistletoe cactus, rhipsalis. |