Chiefly Caribbean. Any of several melon cacti (genus Melocactus), which bear their flowers on a woolly terminal structure; esp. M. intortus, a…
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cactus and allies > 			[noun]		 > melon-cactus (6)		 pope's head1699 Chiefly Caribbean. Any of several melon cacti (genus Melocactus), which bear their flowers on a woolly terminal structure; esp. M. intortus, a… melon thistle1725 = melon-cactus n. Turk's head1725 The Melon-thistle; = Turk's cap, n. 3; also called Englishman's head, pope's head. Obsolete. Melocactus1731 A genus of Central and South American cacti which are often hemispherical in shape, and prominently ribbed, with the flowers borne on a woolly… Turk's cap1731 The Melon-thistle, Cactus Melocactus: see quot. 1866; also Turk's cap cactus, Turk's head. Also, any of several other members of the genus Cactus. melon-cactus1845 a cactus of the genus Melocactus (see Melocactus, n.). | 
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