CHRISTMAS CACTUS

Meaning of CHRISTMAS CACTUS in English

noun Etymology: from its annual blooming around Christmastime Date: circa 1900 a branching Brazilian cactus ( Schlumbergera bridgesii syn. S. buckleyi ) having flat jointed stems with scalloped margins and showy usually red, pink, white, violet, or yellow flowers

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CHRISTMAS CACTUS — noun see crab cactus
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHRISTMAS CACTUS — noun Usage: usually capitalized 1st C : crab cactus
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHRISTMAS CACTUS — a cactus, Schlumbergera bridgesii (or Zygocactus bridgesii ), native to Brazil, having stems with leaflike segments and showy, purplish-red flowers, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHRISTMAS CACTUS — Etymology: from its annual blooming around Christmastime Date: circa 1900 : a branching Brazilian cactus ( Schlumbergera bridgesii syn. S. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CHRISTMAS CACTUS — Function: noun Etymology: from its annual blooming around Christmastime Date: circa 1900 : a branching Brazilian cactus ( Schlumbergera bridgesii …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CHRISTMAS CACTUS — ■ noun a succulent South American plant with red, pink, or white flowers, grown as a house plant. [ Schlumbergera …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CHRISTMAS CACTUS — [Christmas cactus] n [fr. its annual blooming around Christmastime] (ca. 1900): a branching Brazilian cactus (Schlumbergera truncata syn. Zygocactus truncatus) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CHRISTMAS CACTUS — (hybrid Schlumbergera buckleyi), popular epiphytic cactus, with flattened stems, grown for its colourful cerise flowers that bloom indoors about Christmastime …
Britannica English vocabulary
CACTUS — cacté
English interlingue dictionary
CACTUS — noun (plural cacti or ~es; also ~) Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Latin, cardoon, from Greek kaktos Date: 1767 …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CHRISTMAS — Christian festival celebrated on December 25, commemorating the birth of Jesus . December 25 had already been identified by Sextus …
Английский словарь Британика
CACTUS — Any of the flowering plants that make up the family Cactaceae, containing about 1,650 species, native through most of North …
Английский словарь Британика
CHRISTMAS — I. ˈkrisməs noun ( -es ) Usage: capitalized Etymology: Middle English Cristemasse, Cristes mæsse, from Old English Cristes mæsse, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CACTUS — ˈkaktəs noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, cardoon, from Greek kaktos 1. capitalized , in some classifications : a genus …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CACTUS — (n.) Any plant of the order Cactacae, as the prickly pear and the night-blooming cereus. See Cereus. They usually have …
Английский словарь Webster
CACTUS — ( n. ) Any plant of the order Cactacae, as the prickly pear and the night-blooming cereus. See Cereus. They …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CACTUS — — cactuslike, cactoid , adj. /kak"teuhs/ , n. , pl. cacti /-tuy/ , cactuses, cactus . any of numerous succulent …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CACTUS — n. type of spiny succulent plant
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CHRISTMAS — n. surname of a child with Christmas disease
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CHRISTMAS — v. spend Christmas (e.g.: "My daughter Christmassed with her friends")
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CHRISTMAS — n. Christian holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ (celebrated on December 25); Yule; period before and after Christmas, period …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CACTUS — noun ( plural cac·ti -ˌtī, -(ˌ)tē ; or cac·tus·es also cactus ) Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Latin, cardoon, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CACTUS — noun any plant of the order cactacae, as the prickly pear and the night-blooming cereus. ·see cereus. they usually have …
Webster English vocab
CACTUS — ■ noun ( plural cacti -tʌɪ or ~es ) a succulent plant of a large family native to arid regions …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CACTUS — [cac.tus] n, pl cac.ti or cac.tus.es also cactus [NL, genus name, fr. L, cardoon, fr. Gk kaktos] (1767): any of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CACTUS — plural Cacti, or Cactuses, dicotyledonous (characterized by two seed leaves) flowering plants belonging to the family Cactaceae, of the order …
Britannica English vocabulary
CHRISTMAS — (from Old English Cristes maesse, "Christ's mass"), Christian festival celebrated on December 25, commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ. It …
Britannica English vocabulary
CHRISTMAS — Christmas BrE AmE ˈkrɪs məs § ˈkrɪz- —in very careful speech sometimes ˈkrɪst- ▷ Christmas|es ɪz əz ▶ ˈ Christmas …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CACTUS — cact|us BrE AmE ˈkækt |əs ▷ cact|i aɪ iː ▷ cact|uses əs ɪz əs əz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CHRISTMAS — / ˈkrɪsməs; NAmE / noun [ U , C ] 1. (also ˌChristmas ˈDay ) 25 December, the day when …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CACTUS — / ˈkæktəs; NAmE / noun ( pl. cac·tuses or cacti / ˈkæktaɪ; NAmE /) a plant that grows in hot …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHRISTMAS — Christ ‧ mas /ˈkrɪsməs/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: Cristes mæsse 'Christ's ⇨ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CACTUS — cac ‧ tus /ˈkæktəs/ BrE AmE noun ( plural cacti /-taɪ/ or cactuses ) [countable] [ Date: 1700-1800 ; Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CHRISTMAS — n. & int. --n. (pl. Christmases) 1 (also Christmas Day) the annual festival of Christ's birth, celebrated on 25 Dec. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CACTUS — n. (pl. cacti or cactuses) any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae, with a thick fleshy stem, usu. spines but …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CACTUS — n. (pl. cacti or cactuses) any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae, with a thick fleshy stem, usu. spines but …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CHRISTMAS — n. & int. n. (pl. Christmases) 1 (also Christmas Day) the annual festival of Christ's birth, celebrated on 25 Dec. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CACTUS — n. (pl. cacti or cactuses) any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae, with a thick fleshy stem, usu. spines but …
Oxford English vocab
CHRISTMAS — n. & int. --n. (pl. Christmases) 1. (also Christmas Day) the annual festival of Christ's birth, celebrated on 25 Dec. …
Oxford English vocab
CHRISTMAS — ( Christmases) 1. Christmas is a Christian festival when the birth of Jesus Christ is celebrated. Christmas is celebrated on …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CACTUS — ( cactuses, or cacti /kæktaɪ/ ) A cactus is a thick fleshy plant that grows in many hot, dry parts …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CACTUS — (~es, or cacti) A ~ is a thick fleshy plant that grows in many hot, dry parts of the world. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
CHRISTMAS — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a birthday/Christmas/wedding cake (= a special cake for a birthday etc ) ▪ Lucy had …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CACTUS — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ As for water, that would come in minute drops from the cactus . ▪ But …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CACTUS — [noun] [C] [plural] cactuses or cacti - any of many types of desert plant with thick stems for storing water …
Cambridge English vocab
CHRISTMAS — [noun] [not after the] - (the period just before and after) 25 December, a Christian holy day which celebrates the …
Cambridge English vocab
CACTUS — n. Any of the flowering plants that make up the family Cactaceae, containing about 1,650 species, native through most of …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CHRISTMAS — n. Christian festival celebrated on December 25, commemorating the birth of Jesus . December 25 had already been identified by …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CACTUS — Synonyms and related words : bramble, brier, bristle, burr, catchweed, cleavers, goose grass, needle, nettle, pine needle, prickle, quill, spicule, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CHRISTMAS — See: FATHER CHRISTMAS.
Slang English vocab
CHRISTMAS — n. Function: noun a festival or holiday commemorating the birth of Christ FF1C; gave presents on Christmas FF1E; Synonyms: Nativity, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
CHRISTMAS — noun a festival or holiday commemorating the birth of Christ gave presents on Christmas Synonyms: Nativity, noel, Xmas, yule, yuletide
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
CHRISTMAS — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ good , nice ▪ traditional ▪ white ▪ The children are hoping for a white ~ (= …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CHRISTMAS — the Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ which takes place on 25 December. Before Christmas, in the UK …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
CHRISTMAS — Рождество (25 декабря; главный церковный и светский праздник года; к этому дню по традиции обмениваются подарками и рождественскими открытками [см. …
Англо-Русский словарь Britain
CHRISTMAS — сущ. рождество (сокр. Xmas) to celebrate Christmas ≈ праздновать Рождество white Christmas ≈ зимнее Рождество on Christmas ≈ на Рождество, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CHRISTMAS — сущ. рождество (сокр. Xmas) to celebrate Christmas ≈ праздновать Рождество white Christmas ≈ зимнее Рождество on Christmas ≈ на Рождество, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CACTUS — сущ. кактус (ботаника) кактус (Opuntia gen.) cactus (pl es, cacti) кактус
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CHRISTMAS — n 1. церк. рождество (Христово) Merry Christmas! - счастливого рождества!, поздравляю с праздником рождества! Christmas card - рождественская поздравительная карточка …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CACTUS — cactus.ogg ʹkæktəs n ( pl тж. -ti) бот. кактус ( Opuntia gen. )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CACTUS — кактус, дерево хусими - rooted cactus
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
CHRISTMAS — Christmas сущ.рождество (сокр. - Xmas) to celebrate Christmas — праздновать Рождество white Christmas — зимнее Рождество on Christmas — на …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
CHRISTMAS — n 1. церк. рождество (Христово) Merry Christmas! - счастливого рождества!, поздравляю с праздником рождества! Christmas card - рождественская поздравительная карточка …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CHRISTMAS — сущ. ; церк. Рождество ( сокр. - Xmas ) to celebrate Christmas — праздновать Рождество white Christmas — белое Рождество, …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике

Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster

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