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cactuses

cactuses is the plural of cactus.

Meaning of cactus

Noun

cactus (plural cacti or cactuses or cactusses or cactus)

  1. Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.
    • On the mountains a few junipers and piñons are found, and cactuses, agave, and yuccas, low, fleshy plants with bayonets and thorns.1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961...
  2. Any succulent plant with a thick fleshy stem bearing spines but no leaves, such as euphorbs.
  3. (broadly) A vivid green color inspired by the color of cacti.

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Questions about cactuses

What is cactuses the plural of?
Cactuses is the plural of cactus.

Words near cactuses in the dictionary

  1. cactus stack
  2. cactus stacks
  3. cactus wren
  4. cactus wrens
  5. cactused
  6. cactuses
  7. cactuslike
  8. cactussed
  9. cactusses
  10. cactussy
  11. cactusy

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