zygocactus

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1. small genus of Brazilian cacti having flat fleshy usually branched joints and showy red or pink flowers followed by red fleshy fruits (noun.plant)

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

member holonym	:	crab cactus, schlumbergera truncatus, thanksgiving cactus, zygocactus truncatus,
definition	:	South American jointed cactus with usually red flowers; often cultivated as a houseplant; sometimes classified as genus Schlumbergera (noun.plant)

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