01 n. Any plant of the order Cactacæ, as the prickly pear and the night-blooming cereus. See Cereus. They usually have leafless stems and branche…
pl.
Cactuses, Cacti ((#))
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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.(Bot.) See: Cereus
Phrases & compounds
Cactus wren —
an American wren of the genus Campylorhynchus, of several species.