GENUS ECHINOCACTUS

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Meaning:

Globular or cylindrical cacti; southwestern United States to Brazil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Echinocactus" is a kind of...):

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "genus Echinocactus"):

barrel cactus; echinocactus (any cactus of the genus Echinocactus; strongly ribbed and very spiny; southwestern United States to Brazil)

Holonyms ("genus Echinocactus" is a member of...):

Cactaceae; cactus family; family Cactaceae (constituting the order Opuntiales)

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