Gymnocalycium

noun

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

• Syn: ↑genus Gymnocalycium

• Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cactaceae, ↑family Cactaceae, ↑cactus family

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\\ˌjim(ˌ)nōkəˈlis(h)ēəm\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from gymn- + calyc- + -ium

: a genus of low globular So. American cacti with strongly tuberculate spiny ribs