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Meaning of redbird cactus | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

devil's backbone (Euphorbia tithymaloides)

uncountable

Examples

“Jungle clung to the canyons, but there were broad expanses of brushland grown with mesquite and agave and flowering redbird cactus.”
“Some say the flowers of devil's backbone look like cardinals perched around a feeder, each flower a long-tailed red teardrop that gives rise to another common name, red bird cactus.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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