cactusnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkæk.təs/us/ˈkæk.təs/plural cacti uk/ˈkæk.taɪ /uscactusesany of many types of desert plant usually with sharp spines and thick stems for storing water
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Common plants
- African violet
- aloe
- aloe vera
- anise
- aspidistra
- crabgrass
- deadly nightshade
- fenugreek
- fern
- four-leaf clover
- pot plant
- prickly pear
- Queen Anne's lace
- rubber plant
- runner bean
- tuft
- turves
- Venus flytrap
- wheat
- yucca
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Examples from literature
- As we descended the long, winding road we passed many fine specimens of tree cactus.
- Cacti and semi-tropical bushes mingled with brush on the rounded side hills.
- Even the olive and the cactus, those fast friends of a worthless soil, had almost deserted the country.
- He fumbled for his knife and clumsily scraped the needles from a leaf of the cactus and sliced it in two.
- This they followed rapidly, crossing wide plains of sage brush and cactus throughout the day.