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FEATHER BALL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does feather ball mean?
• FEATHER BALL (noun)
The noun FEATHER BALL has 1 sense:
1. a low tuberculate cactus with white feathery spines; northeastern Mexico
Familiarity information: FEATHER BALL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A low tuberculate cactus with white feathery spines; northeastern Mexico
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
feather ball; Mammillaria plumosa
Hypernyms ("feather ball" 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)
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