| 单词 | rat-tail cactus |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrat-tail cactus rat-tail cactus n. a Mexican cactus, Disocactus flagelliformis, having slender, creeping or trailing, spiny stems bearing crimson flowers, often cultivated as an ornamental. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cactus and allies > [noun] > other cacti hedgehog thistle1597 Opuntia1601 mescal1709 Barbados gooseberry1756 night-flowering cereus1789 vygebosch1795 night-blooming cereus1799 rhipsalis1819 pigface1830 window plant1838 old man cactus1845 cholla1846 fish-hook cactus1846 spleenwort1846 epiphyllum1858 old man's head1858 rainbow cactus1860 green snake1864 torchwood1866 queen of the night1870 vingerpol1875 nipple cactus1876 niggerhead1877 rat's tail cactus1878 rat-tail cactus1878 Christmas cactus1880 barrel cactus1881 peyote1885 mistletoe cactus1889 schlumbergera1898 pincushion1940 opuntioid1944 1878 Amer. Naturalist 12 467 Potting two plants of the deer's tongue and rat-tail cactus. 1972 F. Perry Flowers of World 60/1 Aporocactus flagelliformis, the Rat-tail Cactus, is well named for the long flexible stems..hang down all round the plant. They are covered with bristly hairs and carry masses of crimson flowers. 1997 News (Frederick, Maryland) 23 Jan. b6/1 Grafting..is a way you can create a plant of unusual form—the tall stem of a columnar cactus topped by trailing stems of a rattail cactus for example. < as lemmas |
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