Rhipsalis
noun
Rhip·sa·lis
ripˈsālə̇s
: a genus consisting of chiefly tropical American unarmed cacti that have fleshy mostly cylindrical stems of very diverse habit and small flowers with 6 to 10 petals followed by a berrylike fruit and are often epiphytes with pendent branches see mistletoe cactus
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek rhip-, rhips wickerwork + Latin -alis -al