Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Plural of
cactus .
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- noun Plural form of
cactus .
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Examples
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They have a thick, leathery peel dotted with areolas (colored rings, generally at the base of spines in cacti) loaded with irritating glochids.
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They have a thick, leathery peel dotted with areolas (colored rings, generally at the base of spines in cacti) loaded with irritating glochids.
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It browses on ground cacti, is reported to not drink, and is superior in cursorial ability compared to other living species.
Meet peccary # 4 Darren Naish 2006
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It browses on ground cacti, is reported to not drink, and is superior in cursorial ability compared to other living species.
Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006
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The cacti were a glory of white, yellow, purple, pink, and scarlet blossoms.
Oh, You Tex! William MacLeod Raine 1912
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The pear cacti, which is nursed in greenhouses in the States, grows wild on the plains to a height
Six Months in Mexico 1888
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To the uninitiated, for whom the idea of cacti and succulents is a ball cactus and a common hens-and-chicks succulent, delving headlong into these fascinating worlds is a bit akin to disappearing down the rabbit hole in "Alice in Wonderland."
SFGate: Top News Stories Erle Nickel 2010
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Most notably there is the cochineal, a small insect that lives on cacti, which is widely used as a source of red food dye.
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"Some of the aloe plants look very similar to our cacti, which is something, given the distance."
unknown title 2009
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Although called cacti, they are truly different in all aspects from the common desert variety.
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