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CORYPHANTHA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does coryphantha mean?
• CORYPHANTHA (noun)
The noun CORYPHANTHA has 1 sense:
1. a cactus of the genus Coryphantha
Familiarity information: CORYPHANTHA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cactus of the genus Coryphantha
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("coryphantha" is a kind of...):
cactus (any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines)
Holonyms ("coryphantha" is a member of...):
genus Coryphantha (mainly globose cacti of southwestern United States and Mexico covered with many nodules; superficially resembling and formerly included in genus Mammillaria)
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