noun
epiphytic cactus of Brazilian ancestry widely cultivated as a houseplant having jointed flat segments and usually rose-purple flowers that bloom in winter
• Syn: ↑Christmas cactus, ↑Schlumbergera buckleyi
• Hypernyms: ↑cactus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Schlumbergera, ↑genus Schlumbergera
Useful english dictionary. 2012.