cactus
n. type of spiny succulent plant | ||||
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Cactus Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Cactus
(n.)
Any plant of the order Cactacae, 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.
(n.)
Any plant of the order Cactacae, 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.
| WordNet 2.0 |
cactus
Noun
1. any spiny succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World
(hypernym) succulent
(hyponym) pitahaya cactus, pitahaya, Acanthocereus tetragonus, Acanthocereus pentagonus
(member-holonym) Cactaceae, family Cactaceae, cactus family
Noun
1. any spiny succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World
(hypernym) succulent
(hyponym) pitahaya cactus, pitahaya, Acanthocereus tetragonus, Acanthocereus pentagonus
(member-holonym) Cactaceae, family Cactaceae, cactus family
| Australian Slang |
Cactus
dead, not functioning ("this bloody washing machine is cactus"), ruined; useless; in a lot of trouble (see: “in the cactus“)
dead, not functioning ("this bloody washing machine is cactus"), ruined; useless; in a lot of trouble (see: “in the cactus“)
Have the cactus
1. to be broken down, 2. to be in a lot of trouble
In the cactus
in difficulties, in trouble
| hEnglish - advanced version |
cactus
cactus
\cac"tus\ (?), n.; pl. e. cactuses (#), cacti (-tī). [l., a kind of cactus, gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;.] (bot.) any plant of the order cactac?, 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?l.), an american wren of the genus campylorhynchus, of several species.
similar words(11)
vine cactus
thanksgiving cactus
crab cactus
knowlton`s cactus
rainbow cactus
rat`s-tail cactus
russian cactus
cactus wren
rattail cactus
melon cactus
redbird cactus
cactus
\cac"tus\ (?), n.; pl. e. cactuses (#), cacti (-tī). [l., a kind of cactus, gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;.] (bot.) any plant of the order cactac?, 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?l.), an american wren of the genus campylorhynchus, of several species.
similar words(11)
vine cactus
thanksgiving cactus
crab cactus
knowlton`s cactus
rainbow cactus
rat`s-tail cactus
russian cactus
cactus wren
rattail cactus
melon cactus
redbird cactus
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
cactus
cachtas
cachtas
Cactus Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| JM Latin-English Dictionary |
cactus
N M
cardoon (Cynara cardunculus)| Spanish artichoke; anything thorny/unpleasant
N M
cardoon (Cynara cardunculus)| Spanish artichoke; anything thorny/unpleasant
Cactus Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Cactus Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
| The Language of Flowers |
CACTUS
- Endurance; Warmth
- Endurance; Warmth
Cactus Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Cactus
- For other meanings, see Cactus (disambiguation).
- This article is about the plant family. For the genus Cactus, see Mammillaria, Melocactus, and Opuntia.
- Cacti redirects here. For the software, see Cacti (software).
A cactus (plural cacti, cactuses or cactus) is any member of the succulent plant family Cactaceae, native to the Americas. They are often used as ornamental plants, but some are also crop plants.
Cacti are distinctive and unusual plants, which are adapted to extremely arid and hot environments, showing a wide range of anatomical and physiological features which conserve water. Their stems have expanded into green succulent structures containing the chlorophyll necessary for life and growth, while the leaves have become the spines for which cacti are so well known.
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