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GENUS CORYPHANTHA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mainly globose cacti of southwestern United States and Mexico covered with many nodules; superficially resembling and formerly included in genus Mammillaria
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Coryphantha" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Meronyms (members of "genus Coryphantha"):
coryphantha (a cactus of the genus Coryphantha)
Holonyms ("genus Coryphantha" is a member of...):
Cactaceae; cactus family; family Cactaceae (constituting the order Opuntiales)
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