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Carpobrotus edulis, Hottentot fig, Hottentot's fig, Mesembryanthemum edule, sour fig
low-growing South African succulent plant having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp
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Dorotheanthus bellidiformis, livingstone daisy
low-growing showy succulent annual of South Africa having white or pink or red or orange flowers and spatulate leaves covered in papillae that resemble small crystals
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flowering stone, lithops, living stone, stone life face, stone plant, stone-face, stoneface
any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones
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living granite, living rock, stone mimicry plant
highly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with grey-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite; South Africa
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cactus
any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines
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aloe
succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in Africa
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Acanthocereus pentagonus, Acanthocereus tetragonus, pitahaya, pitahaya cactus
cactus of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having edible juicy fruit
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Aporocactus flagelliformis, rat's-tail cactus, rattail cactus
commonly cultivated tropical American cactus having slender creeping stems and very large showy crimson flowers that bloom for several days
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Ariocarpus fissuratus, living rock
usually unbranched usually spineless cactus covered with warty tubercles and having magenta flowers and white or green fruit; resembles the related mescal; northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States
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Carnegiea gigantea, saguaro, sahuaro
extremely large treelike cactus of desert regions of southwestern United States having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit
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night-blooming cereus
any of several cacti of the genus Cereus
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coryphantha
a cactus of the genus Coryphantha
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barrel cactus, echinocactus
any cactus of the genus Echinocactus; strongly ribbed and very spiny; southwestern United States to Brazil
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hedgehog cereus
cactus of the genus Echinocereus
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rainbow cactus
a stout cylindrical cactus of the southwest United States and adjacent Mexico
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epiphyllum, orchid cactus
any cactus of the genus Epiphyllum having flattened jointed irregularly branching stems and showy tubular flowers
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barrel cactus
a cactus of the genus Ferocactus: unbranched barrel-shaped cactus having deep ribs with numerous spines and usually large funnel-shaped flowers followed by dry fruits
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Easter cactus, Hatiora gaertneri, Schlumbergera gaertneri
spring-blooming South American cactus with oblong joints and coral-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Schlumbergera
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night-blooming cereus
any of several cacti of the genus Hylocereus
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Lemaireocereus chichipe, chichipe
tall treelike Mexican cactus with edible red fruit
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Lophophora williamsii, mescal, mezcal, peyote
a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons
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mammillaria
any cactus of the genus Mammillaria
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Mammillaria plumosa, feather ball
a low tuberculate cactus with white feathery spines; northeastern Mexico
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Myrtillocactus geometrizans, garambulla, garambulla cactus
arborescent cactus of western Mexico bearing a small oblong edible berrylike fruit
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Knowlton's cactus, Pediocactus knowltonii
small clustering cactus of southwestern United States; a threatened species
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nopal
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea resembling prickly pears
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prickly pear, prickly pear cactus
cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species; often used as food for stock
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Opuntia cholla, cholla
arborescent cacti having very spiny cylindrical stem segments; southwestern United States and Mexico
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mistletoe cactus
a plant of the genus Rhipsalis
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Christmas cactus, Schlumbergera baridgesii, Schlumbergera buckleyi
epiphytic cactus of Brazilian ancestry widely cultivated as a houseplant having jointed flat segments and usually rose-purple flowers that bloom in winter
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night-blooming cereus
any of several night-blooming cacti of the genus Selenicereus
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Schlumbergera truncatus, Thanksgiving cactus, Zygocactus truncatus, crab cactus
South American jointed cactus with usually red flowers; often cultivated as a houseplant; sometimes classified as genus Schlumbergera
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Aloe ferox, cape aloe
much-branched South African plant with reddish prickly succulent leaves
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Aloe vera, burn plant
very short-stemmed plant with thick leaves with soothing mucilaginous juice; leaves develop spiny margins with maturity; native to Mediterranean region; grown widely in tropics and as houseplants