vine cactus


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Related to vine cactus: Fouquieria splendens
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Noun1.vine cactus - desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowersvine cactus - desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers
coachwhip, Fouquieria splendens, Jacob's staff, ocotillo
candlewood - any of several resinous trees or shrubs often burned for light
Fouquieria, genus Fouquieria - resinous succulent trees or shrubs of desert and semidesert regions of southwestern United States that are leafless most of the year
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Phenotypic and genomic characterization of vine cactus collection (Cactaceae).
Cereus peruvianus (Koubo) new cactus fruit for the world/Koubo-uma nova fruta para o mundo
Betacyanins from vine cactus Hylocereus polyrhizus.
Vine-cacti pitayas--the new crops of the world/Pitaia--uma nova fruta no mundo

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