epiphyllum noun.
[ɛpɪ'fɪlǝm] 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.
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