ripˈsālə̇s noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek rhip-, rhips wickerwork + Latin -alis -al — more at rhipid-
: a genus consisting of chiefly tropical American unarmed cacti that have fleshy mostly cylindrical stems of very diverse habit and small flowers with 6 to 10 petals followed by a berrylike fruit and are often epiphytes with pendent branches — see mistletoe cactus