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MAMMILLARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mammillaria mean? 

MAMMILLARIA (noun)
  The noun MAMMILLARIA has 1 sense:

1. any cactus of the genus Mammillariaplay

  Familiarity information: MAMMILLARIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MAMMILLARIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any cactus of the genus Mammillaria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

cactus (any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines)

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

genus Mammillaria (large genus of cacti characterized chiefly by nipple-shaped protuberances or tubercles on their surface)


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