Definition of Pediocactus

1. Noun. Low-growing cacti of the Great Plains of North America.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Pediocactus

Pectinibranchia
Pectinidae
Pedaliaceae
Pediamycin
Pediapred
Pediculidae
Pediculoides ventricosus
Pediculus capitis
Pediculus corporis
Pediculus humanus
Pedilanthus
Pedilanthus bracteatus
Pedilanthus pavonis
Pedilanthus tithymaloides
Pediocactus (current term)
Pediocactus knowltonii
Pedioecetes
Pedioecetes phasianellus
Pedionomus
Pedionomus torquatus
Pedro Calderon de la Barca
Pee Dee
Pee Dee River
Peelite
Peelites
Peeps
Peer Panja
Peers

Literary usage of Pediocactus

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)
"Pediocactus simpsonii (Engelmann) Britton and Rose in Britton and Brown, Illustr. Fl. ed. 2. 2 : Echinocactus simpsonii Engelmann, Trans. St. Louis Acad. ..."

2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"... Ivs. minute: cymes open, few-fld.; peduncle attached to the center of the involucre, pedicels glabrous. W. Mex. JBS NORTON. Pediocactus (plains cactus). ..."

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