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MELOCACTUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Melocactus mean?
• MELOCACTUS (noun)
The noun MELOCACTUS has 1 sense:
1. genus of strongly ribbed globose or spheroid cacti of tropical South and Central America and the Caribbean
Familiarity information: MELOCACTUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of strongly ribbed globose or spheroid cacti of tropical South and Central America and the Caribbean
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Melocactus; Melocactus
Hypernyms ("Melocactus" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Holonyms ("Melocactus" is a member of...):
Cactaceae; cactus family; family Cactaceae (constituting the order Opuntiales)
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