cacti

From cactus (n):

cac•tus n. [countable], pl. -ti (-tī), -tus•es, -tus.

Plant Biologya flowering plant of hot, dry regions, with large, rounded, leafless stems usually with spines.

cac•tus n., pl. -ti -tus•es, -tus.

Plant Biologyany of numerous succulent plants of the family Cactaceae, of warm, arid regions of the New World, having fleshy, leafless, usually spiny stems, and typically having solitary, showy flowers.

cac′tus•like′, cac′toid, adj.

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cactus /ˈkæktəs/ n ( pl -tuses, -ti /-taɪ/)

any spiny succulent plant of the family Cactaceae of the arid regions of America. Cactuses have swollen tough stems, leaves reduced to spines or scales, and often large brightly coloured flowers
cactus dahlia ⇒ a double-flowered variety of dahlia

adj

(postpositive) Austral slang ruined, broken, or not functioning

Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin: prickly plant, from Greek kaktos cardooncactaceous /kækˈteɪʃəs/ adj

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