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crab cactus in American Englishcrab cactus in American Englishnouna cactus, Schlumbergera truncata (or Zygocactus truncatus), native to Brazil, having stems with leaflike segments and showy red flowers and often cultivated as a houseplant Also called: Thanksgiving cactus Word origin [1895–1900, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1895–1900. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Marxism, frame of reference, freewheel, hit-and-run, neon |