MELOCACTUS

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Meaning:

Genus of strongly ribbed globose or spheroid cacti of tropical South and Central America and the Caribbean

Synonyms:

genus Melocactus; Melocactus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Melocactus" is a kind of...):

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Holonyms ("Melocactus" is a member of...):

Cactaceae; cactus family; family Cactaceae (constituting the order Opuntiales)