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GENUS LOPHOPHORA

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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

Synonyms:

genus Lophophora; Lophophora

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

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