About The Word Cactus

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Cactus

Cactus Meaning & Definition
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.

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