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 Definitions of cactus  [ˈkæk təs]  

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Definition of 'cactus' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) cactus
any of numerous New World flowering plants of the family Cactaceae, of warm and arid regions, with succulent, leafless stems usu. bearing spines.

Etymology:  (1600–10; < L < Gk káktos cardoon)

Definition of 'cactus' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) cactus
any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines


Definition of 'cactus' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) cactus
a desert plant with spines


Definition of 'cactus' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) cactus
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


Translation of 'cactus' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a prickly plant whose stem stores water.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: kaktus Arabic flag Arabic: صبّـار ، صَبْر Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: кактус
Brazilian flag Brazilian: cacto Czech flag Czech: kaktus German flag German: der Kaktus
Danish flag Danish: kaktus Greek flag Greek: κάκτος Spanish flag Spanish: cactus
Estonian flag Estonian: kaktus Farsi flag Farsi: کاکتوس Finnish flag Finnish: kaktus
French flag French: cactus Hebrew flag Hebrew: קַקטוּס Hindi flag Hindi: कैक्टस
Croatian flag Croatian: kaktus Hungarian flag Hungarian: kaktusz Indonesian flag Indonesian: kaktus
Icelandic flag Icelandic: kaktus Italian flag Italian: cactus Japanese flag Japanese: さぼてん
Korean flag Korean: 선인장 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: kaktusas Latvian flag Latvian: kaktuss
Malay flag Malay: kaktus Dutch flag Dutch: cactus Norwegian flag Norwegian: kaktus
Polish flag Polish: kaktus Persian flag Persian: کاکتوس Pashto flag Pashto: زقوم، يوازغن او بې پاڼ بو
Portuguese flag Portuguese: cacto Romanian flag Romanian: cactus Russian flag Russian: кактус
Slovak flag Slovak: kaktus Slovenian flag Slovenian: kaktus Serbian flag Serbian: kaktus
Swedish flag Swedish: kaktus Thai flag Thai: พืชจำพวกหนึ่งไม่มีใบพบมาก Turkish flag Turkish: kaktüs
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 仙人掌 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: кактус Urdu flag Urdu: تھور کا پودا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cây xương rồng Chinese flag Chinese: 仙人掌

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'cactus' - Nearby Entries  

cactaceae  cactus  cactus euphorbia  cactus family  cactus mouse  cactus wren  cacuminal  



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