Definition of Melocactus

1. Noun. Genus of strongly ribbed globose or spheroid cacti of tropical South and Central America and the Caribbean.

Exact synonyms: Genus Melocactus
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Cactaceae, Cactus Family, Family Cactaceae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Melocactus

Melinda
Meliphagidae
Melisha
Melissa officinalis
Melitene
Melkite
Melkonian
Melkonyan
Mellaril
Mellissa
Mellivora
Mellivora capensis
Mellon
Melnick-Needles syndrome
Melocactus
Melodie
Melody
Melogale
Meloidae
Melolontha
Melolontha melolontha
Melolonthidae
Melony
Melophagus
Melophagus ovinus
Melopsittacus
Melopsittacus undulatus
Melospiza
Melospiza georgiana

Literary usage of Melocactus

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

1. The Cactaceae: Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Joseph Nelson Rose (1922)
"melocactus pyramidalis compressus Suringar in JV Suringar, Verh. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. ... melocactus microcephalus olivascens JV Suringar, Verh. Kon. Akad. ..."

2. Cactaceous Plants: Their History and Culture by Lewis Castle (1884)
"The majority of globular sterna like the melocactus, with more or less strongly marked ridges from the summit to the base, usually slightly ..."

3. The London Journal of Botany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1845)
"This melocactus is simply slit open with an hoe or spade, when the sheep eagerly eat it, carefully avoiding the spines. My man Edward, having no shoes, ..."

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