HyperDic: genus_lophophora

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Lophophora:
NOUNplantgenus Lophophora, Lophophoratwo species of small cacti of northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States having rounded stems covered with jointed tubercles
English > genus Lophophora: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningTwo species of small cacti of northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States having rounded stems covered with jointed tubercles: mescal.
SynonymLophophora
Member ofCactaceae, family Cactaceae, cactus familyconstituting the order Opuntiales
Membersmescal, mezcal, peyote, Lophophora williamsiiA small spineless globe-shaped cactus
Broadercaryophylloid dicot genusgenus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
Spanishgenus lophophora, lophophora
Catalangenus lophophora, lophophora

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