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mammillaria

UK/ˌmæmɪˈlɛəɹi.ə/US/ˌmæməˈlɛɹi.ə/

mammillaria noun: any member of the cactus genus Mammillaria.

Noun

mammillaria (plural mammillarias)

  1. Any member of the cactus genus Mammillaria.
    • For some years back collections of mammillarias, from whatever parts of the world they came, were grown in our hothouses, and many of them are still kept there.1841, John Claudius Loudon, The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement, volume 7, page 511

Forms of mammillaria

pluralmammillarias

Origin of mammillaria

From the genus name.

Words that rhyme with mammillaria

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Questions about mammillaria

What does mammillaria mean?
Mammillaria means any member of the cactus genus Mammillaria.
What part of speech is mammillaria?
Mammillaria is a noun.
How do you pronounce mammillaria?
Mammillaria is pronounced /ˌmæmɪˈlɛəɹi.ə/ (UK).
What is the plural of mammillaria?
The plural of mammillaria is mammillarias.

Words near mammillaria in the dictionary

  1. mammilated
  2. mammiliform
  3. mammilla
  4. mammillae
  5. mammillar
  6. mammillaria
  7. mammillarias
  8. mammillaries
  9. mammillariform
  10. mammillary
  11. mammillary bodies

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