Genus Echinocactus का कोई भी कैक्टस; दृढ़ता से रिब्ड और बहुत चमकदार; साउथवेस्टर्न संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका से ब्राजील

echinocactus's Usage Examples:

- Echinocactus much reduced; the flowers are several inches in diameter.

Echinocactus (fig.

Those with long - tubed flowers comprise the genera Melocactus, Mammillaria, Echinocactus, Cereus, Pilocereus, Echinopsis, Phyllocactus, Epiphyllum, 'c. while those with short-tubed flowers are Rhipsalis, Opuntia, Peireskia, and one or two of minor importance.

echinocactus's Meaning':

any cactus of the genus Echinocactus; strongly ribbed and very spiny; southwestern United States to Brazil