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Harrisia

noun

genus of slender often treelike spiny cacti with solitary showy nocturnal white or pink flowers; Florida and Caribbean to South America

• Syn: ↑genus Harrisia

• Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cactaceae, ↑family Cactaceae, ↑cactus family

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\\həˈrisēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from William Harris, Jamaican botanist + New Latin -ia

: a genus of slender spiny tropical American cacti with solitary showy white or pink flowers

Useful english dictionary. 2012.