单词 | melocactus |
释义 | ‖ melocactus Bot.|mɛləʊˈkæktəs| [mod.L. (Tournefort 1700) f. late L. mēlo melon + cactus.] A genus of cactaceous plants, natives of Central and South America (popularly called melon-thistle); a plant of this genus.
1733Miller Gard. Dict. (ed. 2), Melocactus..Melon-Thistle. 1853Th. Ross tr. Humboldt's Trav. III. xxvi. 114 The agaves and melocactuses half-buried in the sand. 1871Kingsley At Last i, We saw our first Melocactus, and our first night-blowing Cereus creeping over the rocks. |

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