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Christmas cactus
noun
a cactus, Schlumbergera bridgesii (orZygocactus bridgesii ), native to Brazil, having stems with leaflike segments and showy, purplish-red flowers, and often cultivated as a houseplant.
Christmas cactus
noun
a Brazilian cactus, Schlumbergera (formerly Zygocactus ) truncatus, widely cultivated as an ornamental for its showy red flowers
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Christmas cactus1
Example Sentences
For years, my apartment has contained a single Christmas cactus that I'm explicitly not permitted to tend.
Unlike the previous examples, Christmas cactus and florist cyclamen are better suited to cool Pacific Northwest conditions.
She has cacti, jade, a Christmas cactus, a rubber tree.
Christmas cactus ... if you’re wanting complete ease, any cactus plant will work for you.
But one day, amid complaints, she said: “I get my joy out of my plants, I really do. My Christmas cactus has four or five flowers.”
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