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epiphyllum(dictionary)

epiphyllum (iou)



epiphyllum noun. M19.
[mod. Latin (see below), formed as EPI- + Greek phullon leaf, the flowers being borne on flattened leaflike branches.]
A cactus of the tropical American genus Epiphyllum, with flattened stems and large fragrant red or yellow flowers, esp. the night-flowering cactus E. hookeri.