cactus

Etymology
From, from , possibly of origin.

Noun

 * 1)  Any member of the family, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.
 * 2) Any succulent plant with a thick fleshy stem bearing spines but no leaves, such as euphorbs.
 * 1) Any succulent plant with a thick fleshy stem bearing spines but no leaves, such as euphorbs.

Usage notes
In modern English, the term cactus properly refers to plants belonging to the family. With one exception, all are native to North and South America. The sole exception is, a jungle epiphyte found in tropical Africa, Madagascar, and Sri Lanka, as well as North and South America. Informally, cactus is used to refer to any stem succulent adapted to a dry climate, notably species from genus with forms reminiscent of Cactaceae. These succulents are better described as "cactoid" or "cactiform" unless they are actual members of the Cactaceae.

Derived terms

 * Aaron's beard cactus, Aaron's-beard cactus
 * ( spp.)
 * (, spp.)
 * ball cactus (many species in several genera)
 * ( spp., spp.)
 * ( spp.)
 * ( spp.)
 * bunny ear cactus, bunny ears cactus
 * button cactus ( spp.)
 * ( spp., )
 * cactus dahlia
 * cactus deermouse
 * cactus fig ( spp.)
 * cactus longhorn beetle ( spp.)
 * cactus moth
 * cactus mouse
 * cactus pear ( spp.)
 * , ( spp.)
 * chin cactus ( spp.)
 * ( spp.)
 * Christmas cactus ( spp.)
 * ( spp., spp.)
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 * ( spp.)
 * dildo cactus
 * Easter cactus
 * fairy castle cactus
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 * ( spp.)
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 * hedgehog cactus (,, and spp.)
 * ( spp.)
 * ( spp.)
 * jointed cactus
 * jumping cactus
 * leaf cactus ( spp., spp.)
 * melon cactus ( spp.)
 * ( spp.)
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 * ( spp. and hybrids)
 * , organ pipe cactus
 * peanut cactus
 * prickly pear cactus ( spp.)
 * ( spp.)
 * rattail cactus
 * snake cactus (several species)
 * snowball cactus
 * star cactus
 * Steinbach's crown cactus (
 * strawberry cactus, )
 * (, syn. )
 * tree cactus ( spp., )
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 * hedgehog cactus (,, and spp.)
 * ( spp.)
 * ( spp.)
 * jointed cactus
 * jumping cactus
 * leaf cactus ( spp., spp.)
 * melon cactus ( spp.)
 * ( spp.)
 * ( spp.)
 * ( spp.)
 * ( spp. and hybrids)
 * , organ pipe cactus
 * peanut cactus
 * prickly pear cactus ( spp.)
 * ( spp.)
 * rattail cactus
 * snake cactus (several species)
 * snowball cactus
 * star cactus
 * Steinbach's crown cactus (
 * strawberry cactus, )
 * (, syn. )
 * tree cactus ( spp., )
 * , ( spp.)
 * prickly pear cactus ( spp.)
 * ( spp.)
 * rattail cactus
 * snake cactus (several species)
 * snowball cactus
 * star cactus
 * Steinbach's crown cactus (
 * strawberry cactus, )
 * (, syn. )
 * tree cactus ( spp., )
 * , ( spp.)
 * snowball cactus
 * star cactus
 * Steinbach's crown cactus (
 * strawberry cactus, )
 * (, syn. )
 * tree cactus ( spp., )
 * , ( spp.)
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Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Gulf Arabic: صبار
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: cactus
 * Azerbaijani:, maldili
 * Belarusian: кактус
 * Bulgarian: кактус
 * Catalan:
 * Chakma: 𑄙𑄝𑄚
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 仙人掌
 * Hokkien: 刺球, 仙人球, 仙人掌
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: kaktus
 * Faroese: kaktus
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: cacto
 * Georgian: კაქტუსი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hawaiian: pānini
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: कैक्टस
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: kaktus
 * Ido:
 * Isthmus Zapotec: biaagueta
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, , シャボテン
 * Jeju: 떡꼿, 벡년초, 선인장
 * Korean:
 * Latvian: kaktuss
 * Lithuanian: kaktusas
 * Malagasy: ,
 * Malay:
 * Maltese: kaktus
 * Maori: rautete
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:, аршийн нударга, аршийн алга
 * Navajo: hosh
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: kaktus
 * Pashto: کیکټس
 * Persian: صباره خنجری
 * Plautdietsch: Kaktus
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:,  ,
 * Punjabi:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: кактус
 * Roman:
 * Sindhi: ڪئٽسڪ
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: cacto,
 * Swahili: cactus
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: kakto, kaktus
 * Tamil:
 * Taos: łę́newą
 * Thai: ตะบองเพชร,
 * Tibetan: ཀླུ་ཥིང
 * Tsonga: xihaha, xikwenga
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: کیکٹس
 * Uyghur: كاكتۇس
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: kaktud
 * Welsh: cactws
 * West Frisian: kaktus
 * Western Panjabi:
 * Yiddish: קאַקטוס
 * Yoruba: ọrọ́

Adjective

 * 1)  Non-functional, broken, exhausted, dead.

Noun

 * 1)  cactus member of the Cactaceae

Etymology
, from, of pre-Greek origin.

Noun

 * 1)   member of the Cactaceae

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , of pre-Greek origin.

Noun

 * 1) cactus, plant of the family

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) the cardoon,

Etymology
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Etymology
From.