PERES/}IA PERESATA 
OPUNTIA SVBLATA 

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DICTIONARY 
ABORTION—Imperfect or non-development of 
an organ. 
ABSCISSION—Falling off at a corky layer. 
ACANTHOCLADOUS—Having spiny branches. 
ACANTHOPHOROUS—Spine bearing. 
ACEROSE—Needle shaped. 
ACICULAR—Very fine needle shaped. 
ACUMINATE—Tapering to a slender point. 
ACUTE—Very sharp point or sharp angle. 
AERIAL ROOTS—Roots formed on the stem. 
ALBISPINUS—White spined. 
ALICOCHE—Usually applied to the caespitose 
types of cacti, particularly Echinocereus, 
blanckii and pentalophus. 
ANNULATE—Distinctly marked with rings. 
ANTHERS—The male part of the plant that 
contains the pollen. 
ANTRORSE—Directed forward and upward. 
APICULATE—Ending in a short pointed tip. 
APVRESSED—Lying flat together for the entire 
length. 
ARBORESCENT—Tree like. 
Sra ag Tee of the growth center or organ 
of life. 
AREOLAE—Plural of Areole. 
ASTERIAS—Starlike-starry-stellate. 
ASTROPHYTUM—Starlike plant. 
ATTENUATE—Tapering or narrow. 
AXIL—Angle formed by leaf and stem union. 
AZUREUS—With sky blue color. 
BANANA CACTUS—Echinocereus enneacanthus, 
referring to the banana shape of the many 
stems. (77) 
BARBED—Having backward turned notches like 
fishhooks. 
BARREL CACTUS—Ferocactus wislizeni F. le- 
conte F. acanthodes, etc. (91) 
BISHOP’S CAP—Astrophytum asterla. 
BISHOP’S HOOD—Astrophytum ornatum. (83) 
BI ZN AG A—VIZNAGA—Ferocactus wislizeni 
and other cacti of this type. Bisnaga, Bis- 
negre and Bisabre are corruptions of the 
Spanish word Visnaga. 
BISNAGA DE CHILLILOS — Neomammillaria 
heyderi, applanata and similar species. (82) 
BISNAGRE—BISAGRE—See Biznaga. 
BOXING GLOVE CACTUS—Opuntia mammil- 
lata.. 
BRACHYARTHRA—Short jointed. 
BULBOUS—Having or containing bulbs. 
CADUCOUS—Falling off very early. 
CAESIUS—Grey. 
CAESPITOSE—At or just above the ground in 
tufts. 
CAMPANULATE—Bell shaped or elongated cup 
shaped. 
CANDELABRUM CACTUS—Name applied to 
Opuntia Imbricata, Opuntia arborescens and 
similar species in reference to the candel- 
ambrum-like whorls of their branches. (25) 
CANDIDA—White. 
CANE CACTUS—Opuntia kleiniae. 
CARDENCHE—Name applied to Opuntia im- 
bricata in the vicinity of Durango and 
Zacatecas, Mexico. 
CENTIMETER—One hundredth part of a meter 
or one inch equals 21/2 centimeters. 
CEPHALIUM—A special head for flowers. 
CHALYBEOUS—Steel blue. 
CHAUTE OR CHAUTLE—Ariocarpus fissuratus 
and A, retusus. (29) 
CHILITOS—Fruit of a neomammillaria espe- 
cially one bearing crimson  chile-shaped 
fruits. 
CHOLLA—Common name of the cylindric- 
stemmed, cane-like Opuntias, particularly 
Opuntia fulgida. (20) 
CHRISTMAS CACTUS—Zygocactus trunacatus. 
CHRYSACANTHUS—With yellow spines. 
CILIATE—Fringed with hairs at the margin. 
CLAVATE—Club shaped. 
CLAVELLINA—Opuntia turnicatia and other low 
prostrate forms. 
CLEISTOCACTUS——Small flowered cactus. 
COACH WHIP CACTUS—Harrisia bonplandii. 
(69) 
COB CACTUS—Echinocereus dasyacanthus and 
others with similar stem structure. (73) 
COCKS COMB CACTUS—Any Opuntia cristate. 
COLA DEL DIABLO—Pereskiopsis velutina. 
COLUMNAR—Pillar like. 
COMPRESSED—F lattened. 
CONFLUENT—Blended into one by degrees. 
COROLLA—The petals of a flower collectively. 
CORYPHANTHA—Crested-tufted. 
COTYLEDONS—Seed leaves of the embryo. (47) 




