GYMNOCALYCIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gymnocalycium mean? 

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

1. large genus of low-growing globular South American cacti with spiny ribs covered with many tubercles

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GYMNOCALYCIUM (noun)

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Meaning:

Large genus of low-growing globular South American cacti with spiny ribs covered with many tubercles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Gymnocalycium; Gymnocalycium

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

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

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

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