noun
genus of tropical American shrubby trees and woody climbers having slender branches with broad flat leaves and large panicles of flowers
• Syn: ↑Pereskia, ↑genus Pereskia, ↑genus Peireskia
• Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cactaceae, ↑family Cactaceae, ↑cactus family
• Member Meronyms: ↑Barbados gooseberry, ↑Barbados-gooseberry vine, ↑Pereskia aculeata
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\\pəˈreskēə, pēˈ-\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc died 1637 French antiquarian and naturalist + New Latin -ia
: a genus of shrubby spinose tropical American plants (family Cactaceae) having slender branches, broad flat leaves, and large pyramidal flowers — see barbados gooseberry
Useful english dictionary. 2012.