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Noun: genus Pereskia
  1. Genus of tropical American shrubby trees and woody climbers having slender branches with broad flat leaves and large panicles of flowers
    - Pereskia, Peireskia, genus Peireskia

Type of: caryophylloid dicot genus

Part of: Cactaceae, cactus family, family Cactaceae