Cactus

See also: cactus and cáctus

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin cactus (“a spiny plant, possibly the cardoon”), from Ancient Greek κάκτος (káktos).

Proper noun

Cactus m

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – original Linnean genus of cactus, rejected in 1905.

Hyponyms

(genus): Cactus mammillaris (now Mammillaria mammillaris, woolly nipple cactus) - type species

Derived terms

References

Cactus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cactaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Cactaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Proper noun

Cactus

A city in Texas.
An unincorporated community in California.

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