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GENUS MAMMILLARIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large genus of cacti characterized chiefly by nipple-shaped protuberances or tubercles on their surface
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Mammillaria" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Meronyms (members of "genus Mammillaria"):
mammillaria (any cactus of the genus Mammillaria)
Holonyms ("genus Mammillaria" is a member of...):
Cactaceae; cactus family; family Cactaceae (constituting the order Opuntiales)
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