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GENUS ECHINOCACTUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Globular or cylindrical cacti; southwestern United States to Brazil
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Echinocactus" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Meronyms (members of "genus Echinocactus"):
barrel cactus; echinocactus (any cactus of the genus Echinocactus; strongly ribbed and very spiny; southwestern United States to Brazil)
Holonyms ("genus Echinocactus" is a member of...):
Cactaceae; cactus family; family Cactaceae (constituting the order Opuntiales)
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