genus mammillaria

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1. large genus of cacti characterized chiefly by nipple-shaped protuberances or tubercles on their surface (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	caryophylloid dicot genus,
definition	:	genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	mammillaria,
definition	:	any cactus of the genus Mammillaria (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	cactaceae, cactus family, family cactaceae,
definition	:	constituting the order Opuntiales (noun.plant)