(n) a French soldier and dramatist remembered chiefly for fighting many duels (often over the size of his nose); was immortalized in 1897 in a play by Edmond Rostand (1619-1655), Syn. Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac
(n) epiphytic cactus of Brazilian ancestry widely cultivated as a houseplant having jointed flat segments and usually rose-purple flowers that bloom in winter, Syn. Schlumbergera baridgesii, Schlumbergera buckleyi
(n) spring-blooming South American cactus with oblong joints and coral-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Schlumbergera, Syn. Schlumbergera gaertneri, Hatiora gaertneri