Easter cactus

Meanings

nounEaster cactus (plural Easter cactuses or Easter cacti or Easter cactus)

A type of cactus grown as an ornamental plant, Schlumbergera gaertneri.
The flowers of the Easter cactus are rounder and more daisy-like than tubular types of the other two cacti. They come in a broad range of spring colors: yellows, pinks, peaches, reds and white.
2012 December 22, Trish Grenfell, “Ask the Master Gardener”, in Colfax Record

nounspring-blooming South American cactus with oblong joints and coral-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Schlumbergera

Similar

Hatiora gaertneriSchlumbergera gaertneri

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Dutch paascactus

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