3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Cactus \Cac"tus\, n.; pl. E. {Cactuses}, {Cacti} (-t[imac]). [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. [1913 Webster] {Cactus wren} (Zool.), an American wren of the genus {Campylorhynchus}, of several species. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: cacti See {cactus} From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: cactus n : any spiny succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World [also: {cacti} (pl)]
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