Thesaurus: cactus

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1. 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.
2. n. any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines
3. Any plant of the order Cactacæ, 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 (Zoöl.), an American wren of the genus Campylorhynchus, of several species.
4. Any plant of the order Cactacæ, as the prickly pear and thenight-blooming cereus. See Cereus. They usually have leafless stemsand branches, often beset with clustered thorns, and are mostlynatives of the warmer parts of America. Cactus wren (Zoöl.), anAmerican wren of the genus Campylorhynchus, of several species.
5. n:100 n. any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines