GYMNOCALYCIUM

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Meaning:

Large genus of low-growing globular South American cacti with spiny ribs covered with many tubercles

Synonyms:

genus Gymnocalycium; Gymnocalycium

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Gymnocalycium" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Gymnocalycium" is a member of...):

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

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