Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

melon cactus

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English

Syllables: mel-on -cac-tus
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the genus Melocactus of cacti, distinguished when mature by their cephalium, a wool- and bristle-coated structure at the apex, containing a mass of areoles from which the small flowers grow.

Inflected Forms

melon cacti (plural)

Synonyms

Turk's cap Turk's head

Questions

What does melon cactus mean?: Any of the genus Melocactus of cacti, distinguished when mature by their cephalium, a wool- and bristle-coated structure at the apex, containing a mass of areoles from which the small flowers grow.

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