Cactus Definition
kăktəs
cacti, cactuses
noun
Any desert plant of the cactus family, native to the New World, with fleshy stems, reduced or spinelike leaves, and often showy flowers.
Webster's New World
Any of several similar plants.
American Heritage
adjective
Designating a family (Cactaceae) of dicotyledonous plants (order Caryophyllales), including the prickly pear, saguaro, and cereus.
Webster's New World
(Australia, slang) Non-functional, broken, exhausted.
Wiktionary
pronoun
Other Word Forms of Cactus
Noun
Singular:
cactus
Plural:
cacti, cactusesOrigin of Cactus
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From Latin cactus (“a spiny plant, possibly the cardoon”), from Ancient Greek κάκτος (kaktos)
From Wiktionary
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Latin cactus, from Ancient Greek κάκτος (kaktos, “cardoon”), of pre-Greek origin.
From Wiktionary
Latin cardoon from Greek kaktos
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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