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PEIRESKIA ACULEATA

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 926 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PEIRESKIA ACULEATA , or Barbadoes

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GOOSEBERRY

gooseberry, the

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CACTUS

Cactus peireskia of

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LINNAEUS

Linnaeus, differs from the

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REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest in having woody stems and

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LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf-bearing branches, the leaves being somewhat fleshy, but otherwise of the

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ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary laminate

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CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character . The

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FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers are subpaniculate,

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white or yellowish . This

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SPECIES

species is frequently used as a stock on which to

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GRAFT (a modified form of the earlier " grail," through the French from the Late Lat. graphium, a stylus or pencil)

graft other Cacti . There are about a dozen species known of this genus, mainly Mexican .

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