genus Lophophora

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genus Lophophora - two species of small cacti of northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States having rounded stems covered with jointed tubercles: mescalLophophoracaryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowersCactaceae, cactus family, family Cactaceae - constituting the order OpuntialesLophophora williamsii, mescal, mezcal, peyote - a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons