(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