Cactus

5 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]:

  cactus
       n : any spiny succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native
           chiefly to arid regions of the New World
       [also: {cacti} (pl)]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "cactus":
     bramble, brier, bristle, burr, catchweed, cleavers, goose grass,
     needle, nettle, pine needle, prickle, quill, spicule, spiculum,
     spike, spikelet, spine, sticker, thistle, thorn, yucca
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Cactus, TX (city, FIPS 11692)
    Location: 36.04473 N, 102.01110 W
    Population (1990): 1529 (478 housing units)
    Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Cactus, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
     Population (2000):    2538
     Housing Units (2000): 820
     Land area (2000):     2.040434 sq. miles (5.284699 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    2.040434 sq. miles (5.284699 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            11692
     Located within:       Texas (TX), FIPS 48
     Location:             36.046124 N, 102.002251 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Cactus, TX
      Cactus