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Cactus

Cactus Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Cactus? [n] any spiny succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World Synonyms \| Synonyms for Cactus: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Cactus: bramble \| brier \| bristle \| burr \| catchweed \| cleavers \| goose grass \| needle \| nettle \| pine needle \| prickle \| quill \| spicule \| spiculum \| spike \| spikelet \| spine \| sticker \| thistle \| thorn \| yucca See Also \| Acanthocereus pentagonus \| Acanthocereus tetragonus \| Aporocactus flagelliformis \| Ariocarpus fissuratus \| barrel cactus \| Cactaceae \| cactus family \| Carnegiea gigantea \| chichipe \| cholla \| Christmas cactus \| coryphantha \| crab cactus \| Easter cactus \| echinocactus \| epiphyllum \| family Cactaceae \| feather ball \| garambulla \| garambulla cactus \| Hatiora gaertneri \| hedgehog cereus \| Knowlton's cactus \| Lemaireocereus chichipe \| living rock \| Lophophora williamsii \| mammillaria \| Mammillaria plumosa \| mescal \| mezcal \| mistletoe cactus \| Myrtillocactus geometrizans \| night-blooming cereus \| nopal \| Opuntia cholla \| orchid cactus \| Pediocactus knowltonii \| peyote \| pitahaya \| pitahaya cactus \| prickly pear \| prickly pear cactus \| rainbow cactus \| rat's-tail cactus \| rattail cactus \| saguaro \| sahuaro \| Schlumbergera baridgesii \| Schlumbergera buckleyi \| Schlumbergera gaertneri \| Schlumbergera truncatus \| succulent \| Thanksgiving cactus \| Zygocactus truncatus Cactus In Webster's Dictionary \Cac"tus\, n.; pl. E. {Cactuses}, {Cacti} (-t[=i]). [L., a kind of cactus, Gr. ??????.] (Bot.) Any plant of the order {Cactac[ae]}, as the prickly pear and the night-blooming cereus. See {Cereus}. They usually have leafless stems and branches, often beset with clustered thorns, and are mostly natives of the warmer parts of America. {Cactus wren} (Zo["o]l.), an American wren of the genus {Campylorhynchus}, of several species.

Cactus Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cactus?

[n] any spiny succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World

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Cactus In Webster's Dictionary

\Cac"tus\, n.; pl. E. {Cactuses}, {Cacti} (-t[=i]). [L.,
a kind of cactus, Gr. ??????.] (Bot.)
Any plant of the order {Cactac[ae]}, as the prickly pear and
the night-blooming cereus. See {Cereus}. They usually have
leafless stems and branches, often beset with clustered
thorns, and are mostly natives of the warmer parts of
America.

{Cactus wren} (Zo["o]l.), an American wren of the genus
   {Campylorhynchus}, of several species.

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