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\ nounUsage: capitalized
: a genus of low globular So. American cacti with strongly tuberculate spiny ribs
Useful english dictionary. 2012.