noun
two species of small cacti of northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States having rounded stems covered with jointed tubercles: mescal
• Syn: ↑genus Lophophora
• Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cactaceae, ↑family Cactaceae, ↑cactus family
• Member Meronyms: ↑mescal, ↑mezcal, ↑peyote, ↑Lophophora williamsii
Useful english dictionary. 2012.