HyperDic: genus_coryphantha

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Coryphantha:
NOUNplantgenus Coryphanthamainly globose cacti of southwestern United States and Mexico covered with many nodules
English > genus Coryphantha: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningmainly globose cacti of southwestern United States and Mexico covered with many nodules; superficially resembling and formerly included in genus Mammillaria.
Member ofCactaceae, family Cactaceae, cactus familyconstituting the order Opuntiales
MemberscoryphanthaA cactus of the genus Coryphantha
Broadercaryophylloid dicot genusgenus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
Spanishgenus coryphantha
Catalangenus coryphantha

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