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Definition of Genus lophophora
1. Noun. Two species of small cacti of northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States having rounded stems covered with jointed tubercles: mescal.
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Cactaceae, Cactus Family, Family Cactaceae
Member holonyms: Lophophora Williamsii, Mescal, Mezcal, Peyote
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Lophophora
Literary usage of Genus lophophora
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by John Timbs (1871)
"... and there is no appearance at all of the remarkable crest, whence the genus
Lophophora has derived its name; the general plumage is velvety black, ..."
2. The Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by John Timbs (1871)
"... and there is no appearance at all of the remarkable crest, whence the genus
Lophophora has derived its name; the general plumage is velvety black, ..."
3. Latin-American [mythology] by Hartley Burr Alexander (1920)
"... or peyote (cacti of the genus Lophophora), to which are ascribed mantic power
and the induction of ecstacy; and in which, no doubt, ..."
4. Annual Report by Columbus Horticultural Society, Columbus, Ohio (1902)
"Following this is the genus Lophophora, a somewhat bluish- green form, somewhat
turnip shape, having spines only when young. ..."
5. The Mythology of All Races by Louis Herbert Gray, George Foot Moore, John Arnott MacCulloch (1920)
"... or peyote (cacti of the genus Lophophora), to which are ascribed mantic power
and the induction of ecstacy; and in which, no doubt, ..."
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