Mammillaria

//ˌmæmɪˈlɛəɹi.ə// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any member of the cactus genus Mammillaria.

    "For some years back collections of mammillarias, from whatever parts of the world they came, were grown in our hothouses, and many of them are still kept there."

  2. 2
    any cactus of the genus Mammillaria wordnet

Example

More examples

"For some years back collections of mammillarias, from whatever parts of the world they came, were grown in our hothouses, and many of them are still kept there."

Etymology

From the genus name.

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