MYRTILLOCACTUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Myrtillocactus mean? 

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

1. small genus of arborescent cacti of Mexico and Central America

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYRTILLOCACTUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of arborescent cacti of Mexico and Central America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Myrtillocactus; Myrtillocactus

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Myrtillocactus"):

garambulla; garambulla cactus; Myrtillocactus geometrizans (arborescent cactus of western Mexico bearing a small oblong edible berrylike fruit)

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

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