English noun: genus Pereskia | |||
1. | genus Pereskia (plant) genus of tropical American shrubby trees and woody climbers having slender branches with broad flat leaves and large panicles of flowers | ||
Synonyms | genus Peireskia, Peireskia, Pereskia | ||
Broader (hypernym) | caryophylloid dicot genus | ||
Member holonym | Barbados gooseberry, Barbados-gooseberry vine, Pereskia aculeata | ||
Member meronym | Cactaceae, cactus family, family Cactaceae | ||