Lexic.us

Definition of Barrel cactus

1. Noun. A cactus of the genus Ferocactus: unbranched barrel-shaped cactus having deep ribs with numerous spines and usually large funnel-shaped flowers followed by dry fruits.

2. Noun. Any cactus of the genus Echinocactus; strongly ribbed and very spiny; southwestern United States to Brazil.

Definition of Barrel cactus

1. Noun. Any cactus with an approximately barrel-like shape. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Barrel Cactus

barratrous barratry barrats barre barred barred antshrike barred antshrikes barred owl barred owls barred pickerel

barred tinamou barred tinamous barreing barrel barrel-chested barrel cactus (current term) barrel chest barrel child barrel children barrel distortion

barrel fever barrel knot barrel maker barrel nut barrel nut connector barrel nut connectors barrel nuts barrel of laughs barrel of monkeys barrel of oil equivalent

Literary usage of Barrel cactus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Campfires on Desert and Lava by William Temple Hornaday (1908)
"... Westward—Structure—The Organ-Pipe Cactus—The Finest Specimen—The barrel cactus and Its Water Supply—A Demonstration Beside the Trail—Cactus Candy—Small ..."

2. Guidebook of the Western United States by Joseph Silas Diller (1915)
"Taking a drink pressed from the pulp that forms the interior of a barrel cactus, or visnaga. B, barrel cactus. OR VISNAGA. One of the larger cactuses of tho ..."

3. Popular Science Monthly (1904)
"The fruits are sought for by Mexicanos and Papagos with an barrel cactus. to quench the thirst. The prickly pears are found in profusion, and represent at ..."

4. Writing Sense: Integrated Reading and Writing Lessons for English Language by Juli Kendall, Outey Khuon (2006)
"For example, on the page about the barrel cactus, she writes: "Today, as I sketch some doves, I am startled by a roadrunner bursting from behind a nearby ..."

5. Out West: A Magazine of the Old Pacific and the New by Charles Fletcher Lummis, Archaeological Institute of America Southwest Society, Sequoya League (1908)
""This plant has the same range as the barrel cactus. ... The plant has a fluted appearance, quite as the barrel cactus, which is of great service to the ..."

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