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Christmas cactus Meaning

Christmas cactus Definition
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Christmas cactus in American English
a common houseplant (Schlumbergera bridgesii) with flat, jointed, fleshy stems and red flowers that bloom around Christmas; crab 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

Christmas cactus in British English
noun: a Brazilian cactus, Schlumbergera (formerly Zygocactus) truncatus, widely cultivated as an ornamental for its showy red flowers

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