Definition of Mammillaria

1. Noun. Any cactus of the genus Mammillaria.

Generic synonyms: Cactus
Group relationships: Genus Mammillaria

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mammillaria

mammetry
mammets
mammey
mammeys
mammie
mammies
mammifer
mammiferous
mammifers
mammiform
mammil-
mammilated
mammilla
mammillae
mammillaplasty
mammillaria (current term)
mammillaries
mammillariform
mammillary
mammillary bodies
mammillary body
mammillate
mammillated
mammilliform
mammillitis
mammilloid
mammillothalamic
mammitides
mammitis
mammo-

Literary usage of Mammillaria

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy of the brain and spinal cord with special reference to mechanism and by Harris Ellett Santee (1907)
"... substance on each side of it; and, behind, the corpora mammillaria mark the boundary between it and the posterior perforated substance of the mid-brain. ..."

2. The Gross and Minute Anatomy of the Central Nervous System by Herman Camp Grodinier, H. C. Cordinier (1899)
"... PINEAL GLAND, CORPORA mammillaria, AND OPTIC CHIASM. The first primitive cerebral vesicle, or fore-brain, owing to the development by a process of ..."

3. The Cactaceae: Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Joseph Nelson Rose (1922)
"Mr. Charles Wright, in his field notes, first called attention to the central position of the flower of mammillaria micromeris, and Engelmann, who discussed ..."

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