cactaceae
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1. constituting the order Opuntiales (noun.plant)
hypernym | : | caryophylloid dicot family, |
definition | : | family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | cactus, |
definition | : | any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | acanthocereus, genus acanthocereus, |
definition | : | mostly trailing cacti having nocturnal white flowers; tropical America and Caribbean region (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | ariocarpus, genus ariocarpus, |
definition | : | slow-growing geophytic cacti; northern and eastern Mexico; southern Texas (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | carnegiea, genus carnegiea, |
definition | : | caryophylloid dicot genus with only one species: saguaro (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | cereus, genus cereus, |
definition | : | genus of much-branched treelike or shrubby cacti with pronounced ribs and rounded needlelike spines and nocturnal flowers usually white (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus coryphantha, |
definition | : | mainly globose cacti of southwestern United States and Mexico covered with many nodules; superficially resembling and formerly included in genus Mammillaria (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus echinocactus, |
definition | : | globular or cylindrical cacti; southwestern United States to Brazil (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | echinocereus, genus echinocereus, |
definition | : | large genus of low-growing shrubby ribbed cacti of Mexico and southwestern United States (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus epiphyllum, |
definition | : | small genus of tropical American (mainly Central America) cacti (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | ferocactus, genus ferocactus, |
definition | : | genus of nearly globular cacti of Mexico and southwestern United States: barrel cacti (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus gymnocalycium, gymnocalycium, |
definition | : | large genus of low-growing globular South American cacti with spiny ribs covered with many tubercles (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus harrisia, harrisia, |
definition | : | genus of slender often treelike spiny cacti with solitary showy nocturnal white or pink flowers; Florida and Caribbean to South America (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus hatiora, hatiora, |
definition | : | small genus of South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus hylocereus, hylocereus, |
definition | : | genus of climbing or epiphytic tropical American cacti with angular stems and mostly white very fragrant flowers (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus lemaireocereus, lemaireocereus, |
definition | : | tropical American cacti usually tall and branching with stout spines and funnel-shaped flowers and globular or ovoid often edible fruit (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus lophophora, lophophora, |
definition | : | two species of small cacti of northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States having rounded stems covered with jointed tubercles: mescal (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus mammillaria, |
definition | : | large genus of cacti characterized chiefly by nipple-shaped protuberances or tubercles on their surface (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus melocactus, melocactus, |
definition | : | genus of strongly ribbed globose or spheroid cacti of tropical South and Central America and the Caribbean (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus nopalea, nopalea, |
definition | : | a genus of the cactus family with scarlet flowers (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus opuntia, opuntia, |
definition | : | large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus rhipsalis, rhipsalis, |
definition | : | large genus of epiphytic or lithophytic unarmed cacti with usually segmented stems and pendulous branches; flowers are small followed by berrylike fruits (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus zygocactus, zygocactus, |
definition | : | small genus of Brazilian cacti having flat fleshy usually branched joints and showy red or pink flowers followed by red fleshy fruits (noun.plant) |
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