GENUS PERESKIA

 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pereskia mean? 

• GENUS PERESKIA (noun)
  The noun GENUS PERESKIA has 1 sense:

1. genus of tropical American shrubby trees and woody climbers having slender branches with broad flat leaves and large panicles of flowers

  Familiarity information: GENUS PERESKIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS PERESKIA (noun)

Meaning:

Genus of tropical American shrubby trees and woody climbers having slender branches with broad flat leaves and large panicles of flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Peireskia; genus Pereskia; Peireskia; Pereskia

Hypernyms ("genus Pereskia" is a kind of...):

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "genus Pereskia"):

Barbados gooseberry; Barbados-gooseberry vine; Pereskia aculeata (West Indian woody climber with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruits)

Holonyms ("genus Pereskia" is a member of...):

Cactaceae; cactus family; family Cactaceae (constituting the order Opuntiales)