echinocactus

noun

echi·​no·​cactus

1

capitalized : a large genus of globular or cylindrical strongly ribbed and usually very spiny cacti that occur from the southwestern U.S. in Brazil

2

: any plant of the genus Echinocactus

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from echin- + Cactus

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