melon cacti

A form of melon cactus — Any of the genus Melocactus of cacti, distinguished when mature by their cephalium, a wool- and bristle-coated structure at the apex, containing a mass of areoles from which the small flowers grow.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of melon cactus
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