| 单词 | nipple cactus |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnipple cactus nipple cactus n. any of various cacti of the genus Mammillaria, having nipple-like protuberances. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cactus and allies > [noun] > other cacti hedgehog thistle1597 Opuntia1601 mescal1709 Barbados gooseberry1756 night-flowering cereus1789 vygebosch1795 night-blooming cereus1799 rhipsalis1819 pigface1830 window plant1838 old man cactus1845 cholla1846 fish-hook cactus1846 spleenwort1846 epiphyllum1858 old man's head1858 rainbow cactus1860 green snake1864 torchwood1866 queen of the night1870 vingerpol1875 nipple cactus1876 niggerhead1877 rat's tail cactus1878 rat-tail cactus1878 Christmas cactus1880 barrel cactus1881 peyote1885 mistletoe cactus1889 schlumbergera1898 pincushion1940 opuntioid1944 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 625/2 Mammillaria.—This group..is called Nipple Cactus. 1890 Cent. Dict. Nipple-cactus, A cactus of the genus Mammillaria. 1920 B. M. Rice & R. Rice Pop. Stud. Calif. Wild Flowers 67 Mammillaria is well translated by the English ‘Nipple Cactus’ because of the protruding little nipples which cluster on the plant. 1976 Hortus Third (L. H. Bailey Hortorium) Index 1235/2 Cactus—..Nipple: Mammillaria longimamma var. uberiformis. < as lemmas |
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