GENUS MELOCACTUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Melocactus mean? 

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

1. genus of strongly ribbed globose or spheroid cacti of tropical South and Central America and the Caribbean

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS MELOCACTUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of strongly ribbed globose or spheroid cacti of tropical South and Central America and the Caribbean

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Melocactus; Melocactus

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

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

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

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