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    ARIOCARPUS FISSURATUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Usually unbranched usually spineless cactus covered with warty tubercles and having magenta flowers and white or green fruit; resembles the related mescal; northeastern Mexico and southwestern United Statesplay

    Synonyms:

    Ariocarpus fissuratus; living rock

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Ariocarpus fissuratus" is a kind of...):

    cactus (any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines)

    Holonyms ("Ariocarpus fissuratus" is a member of...):

    Ariocarpus; genus Ariocarpus (slow-growing geophytic cacti; northern and eastern Mexico; southern Texas)

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