HyperDic: ariocarpus

English > 1 sense of the word Ariocarpus:
NOUNplantAriocarpus, genus Ariocarpusslow-growing geophytic cacti
English > Ariocarpus: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningSlow-growing geophytic cacti; northern and eastern Mexico; southern Texas.
Synonymgenus Ariocarpus
Member ofCactaceae, family Cactaceae, cactus familyconstituting the order Opuntiales
Membersliving rock, Ariocarpus fissuratususually unbranched usually spineless cactus covered with warty tubercles and having magenta flowers and white or green fruit
Broadercaryophylloid dicot genusgenus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
Spanishariocarpus, genus ariocarpus
Catalanariocarpus, Ariocarpus, genus ariocarpus

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