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Rhipsalis

Definition: Rhipsalis

Rhipsalis

Noun

1. Large genus of epiphytic or lithophytic unarmed cacti with usually segmented stems and pendulous branches; flowers are small followed by berrylike fruits.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Rhipsalis" is a common misspelling or typo for: Rhapsodic, Rhapsodies, Rhapsodist.


Synonym: Rhipsalis

Synonym: genus Rhipsalis (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Rhipsalis

English words defined with "Rhipsalis": genus Rhipsalismistletoe cactus. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Rhipsalis" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (CACTUS GRANDIFLORUS, christmas cactus, coral cactus).

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Expression: Rhipsalis

Expression using "Rhipsalis": genus Rhipsalis. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Rhipsalis

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  rhipsalis

8

  cereuscula rhipsalis

3
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Anagrams: Rhipsalis

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-h-i-i-l-p-r-s-s"

-1 letter: airships.

-2 letters: airship, raspish, spirals.

-3 letters: aspish, palish, parish, phasis, phials, ralphs, raphis, rishis, sharps, spahis, spails, spiral, splash.

-4 letters: aphis, apish, apsis, arils, arsis, aspis, hails, hairs, harls, harps, hasps, hilar, lairs, lapis, laris, liars, liras, lisps, pails, pairs, paris, phial, pilar, pilis, plash, priss, rails, ralph, rasps, rials, rishi, sails, salps, saris.

 Words containing the letters "a-h-i-i-l-p-r-s-s"
 

+4 letters: cardinalships, hairsplitters, imperishables, parochialisms, relationships, rhinoplasties, triumphalisms, triumphalists.

 

+5 letters: calligraphists, hairsplittings, legislatorship, librarianships, principalships, rehospitalizes.

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Alternative Orthography: Rhipsalis


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 68 69 70 73 61 6C 69 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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Bibliographic Items: "Rhipsalis"


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