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Definition of Cactus
1. Noun. Any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines.
Specialized synonyms: Acanthocereus Pentagonus, Acanthocereus Tetragonus, Pitahaya, Pitahaya Cactus, Aporocactus Flagelliformis, Rat's-tail Cactus, Rattail Cactus, Ariocarpus Fissuratus, Living Rock, Carnegiea Gigantea, Saguaro, Sahuaro, Night-blooming Cereus, Coryphantha, Barrel Cactus, Echinocactus, Hedgehog Cereus, Rainbow Cactus, Epiphyllum, Orchid Cactus, Barrel Cactus, Easter Cactus, Hatiora Gaertneri, Schlumbergera Gaertneri, Night-blooming Cereus, Chichipe, Lemaireocereus Chichipe, Lophophora Williamsii, Mescal, Mezcal, Peyote, Mammillaria, Feather Ball, Mammillaria Plumosa, Garambulla, Garambulla Cactus, Myrtillocactus Geometrizans, Knowlton's Cactus, Pediocactus Knowltonii, Nopal, Prickly Pear, Prickly Pear Cactus, Cholla, Opuntia Cholla, Mistletoe Cactus, Christmas Cactus, Schlumbergera Baridgesii, Schlumbergera Buckleyi, Night-blooming Cereus, Crab Cactus, Schlumbergera Truncatus, Thanksgiving Cactus, Zygocactus Truncatus
Generic synonyms: Succulent
Definition of Cactus
1. n. Any plant of the order Cactacæ, 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.
Definition of Cactus
1. Noun. (botany) Any member of the family ''Cactaceae'', a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate. ¹
2. Noun. Any succulent plant with a thick fleshy stem bearing spines but no leaves, including euphorbs. ¹
3. Adjective. (Australia slang) Non-functional, broken, exhausted. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cactus
1. a plant native to arid regions [n -TI or -TUSES] : CACTOID [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cactus
Literary usage of Cactus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1900)
"Didn'tI say I wouldn't read it Í Also the plural of cactus is cacti. ... 'A tine
Cuban cactus—very rare —difficult to obtain—will call and bring it to the ..."
2. Our Country: West (1897)
"This plant when fully grown bears a general resemblance to the Giant cactus, and
both varieties are frequently found growing side by side. ..."
3. A Manual of pharmacology and its applications to therapeutics and toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1917)
"No serious attempts ** made to check the extreme claims for the cactus ...
Other cactus Varieties.—Alkaloids have been isolated from a number of o (Heffter, ..."
4. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1891)
"Dr. Alfred K. Hills, writing on cactus grandiflorus as a substitute for ...
cactus, he says, proves palliative in cases of hypertrophy of the heart where ..."
5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1900)
"The cactus side of the matter will, I trust, be fully elaborated in due time by
Professor Toumey, and I only refer to it now to bring forward the ..."
6. The Melody of Earth: An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems from Present by Gertrude Moore Richards (1918)
"But I — I can still remember Her lips like the cactus flower In the garden-close
at Mezra At the languid noonday hour! THE cactus CLINTON ..."
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