PEIRESKIA ACULEATA  , or Barbadoes See also:

• GOOSEBERRY

gooseberry, the See also:

• CACTUS

Cactus peireskia of See also:

• LINNAEUS

Linnaeus, differs from the See also:

• 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 See also:

• 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 See also:

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

ordinary laminate See also:

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

character . The See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers are subpaniculate, See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white or yellowish . This See also:

• SPECIES

species is frequently used as a stock on which to See also:

• 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 .