Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun christmas_cactus

1 sense of christmas cactus

Sense 1
Christmas cactus, Schlumbergera buckleyi, Schlumbergera baridgesii -- (epiphytic cactus of Brazilian ancestry widely cultivated as a houseplant having jointed flat segments and usually rose-purple flowers that bloom in winter)
       => cactus -- (any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines)