ferocactus

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1. genus of nearly globular cacti of Mexico and southwestern United States: barrel cacti (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	caryophylloid dicot genus,
definition	:	genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	barrel cactus,
definition	:	a cactus of the genus Ferocactus: unbranched barrel-shaped cactus having deep ribs with numerous spines and usually large funnel-shaped flowers followed by dry fruits (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	cactaceae, cactus family, family cactaceae,
definition	:	constituting the order Opuntiales (noun.plant)