ARIOCARPUS FISSURATUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ariocarpus fissuratus mean? 

• ARIOCARPUS FISSURATUS (noun)
  The noun ARIOCARPUS FISSURATUS has 1 sense:

1. usually unbranched usually spineless cactus covered with warty tubercles and having magenta flowers and white or green fruit; resembles the related mescal; northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States

  Familiarity information: ARIOCARPUS FISSURATUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARIOCARPUS FISSURATUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Usually unbranched usually spineless cactus covered with warty tubercles and having magenta flowers and white or green fruit; resembles the related mescal; northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ariocarpus fissuratus; living rock

Hypernyms ("Ariocarpus fissuratus" 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 ("Ariocarpus fissuratus" is a member of...):

Ariocarpus; genus Ariocarpus (slow-growing geophytic cacti; northern and eastern Mexico; southern Texas)