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GENUS GYMNOCALYCIUM

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GENUS GYMNOCALYCIUM (noun)
  The noun GENUS GYMNOCALYCIUM has 1 sense:

1. large genus of low-growing globular South American cacti with spiny ribs covered with many tubercles

  Familiarity information: GENUS GYMNOCALYCIUM used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


GENUS GYMNOCALYCIUM (noun)


Sense 1genus Gymnocalycium [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Large genus of low-growing globular South American cacti with spiny ribs covered with many tubercles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Gymnocalycium; Gymnocalycium

Hypernyms ("genus Gymnocalycium" is a kind of...):

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Holonyms ("genus Gymnocalycium" is a member of...):

Cactaceae; cactus family; family Cactaceae (constituting the order Opuntiales)


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