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单词 christmas cactus
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Christmas cactus


noun

a cactus, Schlumbergera bridgesii (or Zygocactus bridgesii), native to Brazil, having stems with leaflike segments and showy, purplish-red flowers, and often cultivated as a houseplant.

Origin of Christmas cactus

First recorded in 1895–1900

Words nearby Christmas cactus

Christly, Christmas, Christmas beetle, Christmasberry, Christmas box, Christmas cactus, Christmas card, Christmas club, Christmas disease, Christmas Eve, Christmas factor
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British Dictionary definitions for Christmas cactus

Christmas cactus

noun

a Brazilian cactus, Schlumbergera (formerly Zygocactus) truncatus, widely cultivated as an ornamental for its showy red flowers
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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