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♦ Christmas /ˈkrɪsməs/A n. [uc] (abbr. Xmas)1 (= Christmas Day) (giorno di) Natale: I spent Christmas with my family, ho trascorso il giorno di Natale con i miei; What did you get for Christmas?, che regali hai ricevuto a Natale?2 (periodo di) Natale; periodo natalizio; feste (pl.) natalizie: at Christmas, per Natale; a Natale; closed over Christmas, chiuso durante le feste natalizieB a.di Natale; natalizio: Christmas dinner, pranzo di Natale; Christmas holidays, vacanze di Natale; Christmas present, regalo di Natale; strenna natalizia; Christmas card, cartoncino (o biglietto) d'auguri natalizi● (GB) Christmas box, mancia natalizia ( al postino, al lattaio, ecc.) □ Christmas cake, dolce di Natale ( con frutta secca e ricoperto di marzapane e glassa) □ (bot.) Christmas cactus ( Schlumbergera bridgesii), cactus di Natale □ Christmas carol, canto di Natale □ Christmas Eve, la vigilia di Natale □ (bot.) Christmas flower ( Poinsettia pulcherrima), stella di Natale □ Christmas pudding, pudding di Natale ( a base di frutta secca e spezie e irrorato di brandy) □ (bot.) Christmas rose ( Helleborus niger), rosa di Natale □ (in GB) Christmas stocking, calza appesa per i doni di Babbo Natale □ Christmas tree, albero di Natale □ Merry Christmas! (o DIALOGO → - Greetings and other useful phrases- Happy Christmas!), Buon Natale!Christmassya.(fam.) natalizio; che ricorda il Natale.
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Christmas cactus — noun a succulent South American plant with red, pink, or white flowers, grown as a house plant. [Schlumbergera bridgesii.] Origin so named because it flowers at about the northern midwinter … English new terms dictionary
Christmas cactus — Christ′mas cac tus n. pln a cactus, Schlumbergera bridgesii, native to Brazil, having stems with leaflike segments and bearing showy usu. purplish red flowers • Etymology: 1895–1900 … From formal English to slang
Christmas cactus — n. a common houseplant (Schlumbergera bridgesii) with flat, jointed, fleshy stems and red flowers that bloom around Christmas; crab cactus … English World dictionary
