Mammillaria candida

Translingual

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Mammillaria candida f

1. 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
• Mammillaria candida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Mammillaria candida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons