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GENUS ECHINOCEREUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Echinocereus mean?
• GENUS ECHINOCEREUS (noun)
The noun GENUS ECHINOCEREUS has 1 sense:
1. large genus of low-growing shrubby ribbed cacti of Mexico and southwestern United States
Familiarity information: GENUS ECHINOCEREUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("genus Echinocereus" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Meronyms (members of "genus Echinocereus"):
hedgehog cereus (cactus of the genus Echinocereus)
rainbow cactus (a stout cylindrical cactus of the southwest United States and adjacent Mexico)
Holonyms ("genus Echinocereus" is a member of...):
Cactaceae; cactus family; family Cactaceae (constituting the order Opuntiales)
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