ECHINOCEREUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Echinocereus mean? 

• ECHINOCEREUS (noun)
  The noun ECHINOCEREUS has 1 sense:

1. large genus of low-growing shrubby ribbed cacti of Mexico and southwestern United States

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ECHINOCEREUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large genus of low-growing shrubby ribbed cacti of Mexico and southwestern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Echinocereus; genus Echinocereus

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Echinocereus"):

hedgehog cereus (cactus of the genus Echinocereus)

rainbow cactus (a stout cylindrical cactus of the southwest United States and adjacent Mexico)

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

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