Mammillaria candida

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Translingual

Etymology

Mammillaria f +‎ Latin candida f (“shining white”).

Proper noun

Mammillaria candida f

A taxonomic species within the family Cactaceae – snowball cactus, a globe cactus whose thorns cover so much of its surface that its surface is obscured, thus seeming to be white.

Synonyms

(homotypic species) Neomammillaria candida, Chilita candida, Mammilloydia candida

Hypernyms

(species): Caryophyllales – order; Cactaceae – family; Cactoideae – subfamily; Cacteae – tribe; Mammillaria – genus

References

Mammillaria candida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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