GENUS CORYPHANTHA

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Meaning:

Mainly globose cacti of southwestern United States and Mexico covered with many nodules; superficially resembling and formerly included in genus Mammillaria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Coryphantha"):

coryphantha (a cactus of the genus Coryphantha)

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

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

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