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Definition of Pediocactus
1. Noun. Low-growing cacti of the Great Plains of North America.
Exact synonyms: Genus Pediocactus
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Cactaceae, Cactus Family, Family Cactaceae
Member holonyms: Knowlton's Cactus, Pediocactus Knowltonii
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Cactaceae, Cactus Family, Family Cactaceae
Member holonyms: Knowlton's Cactus, Pediocactus Knowltonii
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pediocactus
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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