genus Ariocarpus

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1.genus Ariocarpus - slow-growing geophytic cacti; northern and eastern Mexico; southern TexasAriocarpuscaryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowersCactaceae, cactus family, family Cactaceae - constituting the order OpuntialesAriocarpus fissuratus, living rock - usually unbranched usually spineless cactus covered with warty tubercles and having magenta flowers and white or green fruit; resembles the related mescal; northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States