GENUS LOPHOPHORA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Lophophora mean? 

• GENUS LOPHOPHORA (noun)
  The noun GENUS LOPHOPHORA has 1 sense:

1. two species of small cacti of northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States having rounded stems covered with jointed tubercles: mescal

  Familiarity information: GENUS LOPHOPHORA used as a noun is very rare.

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• GENUS LOPHOPHORA (noun)

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Meaning:

Two species of small cacti of northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States having rounded stems covered with jointed tubercles: mescal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Lophophora; Lophophora

Hypernyms ("genus Lophophora" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Lophophora"):

Lophophora williamsii; mescal; mezcal; peyote (a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons)

Holonyms ("genus Lophophora" is a member of...):

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