mammillaria

mam·mil·lar·i·a

[mam-uh-lair-ee-uh]
noun
any of various cacti of the genus Mammillaria, including the pincushion cactus.

Origin:
< Neo-Latin (1824); see mammilla, -aria

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mammillaria

noun
any cactus of the genus Mammillaria 
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