单词 | crab cactus |
释义 | crab cactus in American English US Christmas cactus crab cactus in American Englishnoun a 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 |
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