Easter cactus

Easter cactus

n (Plants) a Brazilian cactus, Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri, widely cultivated as an ornamental for its showy red flowers

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Easter cactus - spring-blooming South American cactus with oblong joints and coral-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus SchlumbergeraHatiora gaertneri, Schlumbergera gaertnericactus - any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spinesgenus Hatiora, Hatiora - small genus of South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti