Easter cactus

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An Easter cactus in bloom

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Easter cactus (plural Easter cactuses or Easter cacti or Easter cactus)

  1. A type of cactus grown as an ornamental plant, Schlumbergera gaertneri.
    • 2012 December 22, Trish Grenfell, “Ask the Master Gardener”, in Colfax Record[1]:
      The flowers of the Easter cactus are rounder and more daisy-like than tubular types of the other two cacti. They come in a broad range of spring colors: yellows, pinks, peaches, reds and white.

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