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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 States
Synonyms:
Ariocarpus fissuratus; living rock
Classified under:
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)