cactuses

To deliberately say "cactuses" -- but the provocation was great, I admit.

Chip, of the Flying U B. M. Bower 1905

The reason for this bellicose disposition on the part of the cactuses is a tolerably easy one to guess.

Science in Arcady Grant Allen 1873

She hated the desolation, the space, the silence, the arid stretches; she had made grimaces at the "cactuses" with their forbidding pricklers -- though she could not help admiring them, they seemed to be the only growing thing in the country capable of defying the heat and the sun.

The Trail to Yesterday Charles Alden Seltzer 1908

I think he will confess that "cactuses" is an exceedingly conservative epithet, and all too mild for the occasion.

Chip, of the Flying U B. M. Bower 1905

Randy took great pride in his shady frontyard filled with cactuses and succulents.

Neighbors: Loughner's parents strange, but caring for son 2011

We continued downhill, around corners, driving past cactuses and kicking up dirt behind us as we drove about 5 miles an hour for at least a mile and a half.

She Said Yes! « Happy Healthy Hip Parenting 2009

Bystanders watched in silence, lining the street in front of the church, where small barrel cactuses bloom in yellow.

Federal judge killed in Arizona shootings laid to rest 2011

I spent my last morning there out in the desert, shooting saguaros, cactuses you have seen a million times, with their Gumby arms lifted in what one woman said to me she imagined was a friendly wave hello.

Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » The Power of Setting 2010

“OK,” I said, “but with cactuses and special weird wildlife.”

And Then: Parts 1-3 2010

 There were matching bedside lamps with bases shaped like saguaro cactuses and with crisp little shades that appeared to be distant relatives of moccasins.

And Then: Parts 1-3 2010