LOPHOPHORA
Dictionary entry overview: What does Lophophora mean? • LOPHOPHORA (noun)
The noun LOPHOPHORA has 1 sense:
1. two species of small cacti of northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States having rounded stems covered with jointed tubercles: mescal
Familiarity information: LOPHOPHORA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LOPHOPHORA (noun)
Meaning:
Two species of small cacti of northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States having rounded stems covered with jointed tubercles: mescal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Lophophora; Lophophora
Hypernyms ("Lophophora" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Meronyms (members of "Lophophora"):
Lophophora williamsii; mescal; mezcal; peyote (a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons)
Holonyms ("Lophophora" is a member of...):
Cactaceae; cactus family; family Cactaceae (constituting the order Opuntiales)
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