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Christmas cactus vs cactus

cactus vs Christmas cactus

Christmas cactus and cactus both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Christmas cactus Yes No No No
cactus Yes No No No
As nouns, cactus is a hypernym of Christmas cactus; that is, cactus is a word with a broader meaning than Christmas cactus:
  • Christmas cactus: epiphytic cactus of Brazilian ancestry widely cultivated as a houseplant having jointed flat segments and usually rose-purple flowers that bloom in winter
  • cactus: any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines
Christmas cactus (noun) cactus (noun)
epiphytic cactus of Brazilian ancestry widely cultivated as a houseplant having jointed flat segments and usually rose-purple flowers that bloom in winter any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines
Difference between Christmas cactus and cactus

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