How to use cactus in a sentence

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• The prickly pear cactus is an introduced species in Australia.From the entry introduced
• I laughed in spite of myself as the crying child told me how he had accidentally sat on a cactus.From the entry in spite of oneself
• The prickly pear is a cactus; you have to peel it before eating it to remove the spines and the tough skin.From the entry prickly
• The parallel market in plants is growing and rare cacti are in high demand.2025 March 10, Isabella Kaminski, “A cacti-smuggling case with a prickly end: the novel way courts are making poachers pay”, in The…. From the entry parallel market
• The watered cactus was a paler green, its trunk visibly swollen with moisture.2013, Leslie Morgan Steiner, The Baby Chase. From the entry pale
• The blade-like leaves add variety to a cactus or xeriscape garden.2013, George Oxford Miller, “Native Plant Profiles”, in Landscaping with Native Plants of Texas, 2nd edition, Minneapolis, Minn.: Voyageur…. From the entry yucca
• The discussion which follows is based on the above studies of yeasts, cacti and drosophilae.2013, Graham G. Stewart, Inge Russell, Advances in Biotechnology: Proceedings of the Fifth International Yeast Symposium Held in London…. From the entry drosophila
• The allusion is to the small myrtlelike fruits, not unlike blueberries, of these cacti.2013, A. W. Smith, A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins. From the entry myrtlelike
• On the front nine, Jones stuck to Woods like a cholla cactus.2009 February 26, Karen Crouse, “Woods Returns as He Left: A Winner”, in New York Times. From the entry cholla
• Tequila is distilled Mexican liquor that comes from the fermented sap of a particular cactus.2007, “Bartending”, in Learning & Living in the 21st Century Iv for H.s.' 2007 Ed., 2007 edition, Rex Bookstore, Inc., →ISBN, page 333. From the entry piñarita
• Another excellent cleanser and toner is aloe gel or fresh aloe vera cactus pulp.2003, Patricia Bragg, Paul C Bragg, Apple Cider Vinegar Miracle Health System, page 22. From the entry aloe vera
• Pepperon the floor and a cactus in a large pot on the counter.1996 October 27, Matthew P. Sayler, “Wow!”, in alt.cosuard (Usenet). From the entry roommateless
• Most cacti classed as cholla are a bristling mass of needle-like, spines.1941, American Museum of Natural History, Natural History Magazine, Incorporated, Natural History, The American Museum of Natural History…. From the entry superferocious
• Perhaps you'll witness a California gnatcatcher dining on gnats (of course!) or a cactus wren singing on a prickly pear pad.2026, Lynette Brasfield, Mountains to Sea Trail (In the Irvine Standard), page 10. From the entry gnatcatcher
• Derived from insects found on the prickly pear cactus, cochineal became one of the principal exports of colonial Mexico.2018 September 5, Hettie Judah, “A New Exhibition Examines The Power Of Pink”, in Vogue. From the entry Mexican pink
• A still summer night a world away in a house that smells of cactus and dust and musty kapok.2014 [1993], Tim Winton, Land's Edge, Picador, page 15. From the entry kapok
• Boys scurried in search of dandelions and cactus leaves.2014 April 21, Terrence McCoy, “Thousands starving on outskirts of Damascus; situation ‘unprecedented in living memory,’ U.N. says”, in…. From the entry dog milk
• But a tree—if I can call it that—that draws my attention is the mandacaru, a columnar cactus native to northeastern Brazil.2013, Ardis Stenbakken, Breathe, page 20. From the entry mandacaru
• The flowers of the Easter cactus are rounder and more daisy-like than tubular types of the other two cacti.2012 December 22, Trish Grenfell, “Ask the Master Gardener”, in Colfax Record. From the entry Easter cactus
• All there was were bare rocks, cactusses and divi-divi trees.2012, Arie Wilschut, Images of Time: The Role of a Historical Consciousness of Time in Learning History, Information Age Publishing…. From the entry cactusses
• McPedro the cactus: How to woo a woman!2007, Danielle Corsetto, Girls with Slingshots: 267. From the entry trite
• He worked his way north among the tall cactuses and greasewood, staying just out of sight of the railroad.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 445. From the entry greasewood
• But the rest of her body shivered, mandacaru cactus thorns penetrated the flesh that had been half-eaten away by the disease.2006, Graciliano Ramos, “Whale”, in K. David Jackson, editor, The Oxford Anthology of the Brazilian Short Story, page 214. From the entry mandacaru
• Usually we doddled, stopping to flush quail or dove for dinner, skeet-shooting our beer bottles, and watering the cacti.2004, Katie Lee, Sandstone Seduction: Rivers and Lovers, Canyons and Friends. From the entry doddle
• He made a leap for the prickliest portion of the cactus, grimacing in half-expectation of a crotchful of needles.2002, Piers Anthony, Source of Magic, page 17. From the entry crotchful
• When threatened, a porky elevates its quills so that it bristles like some sort of mammalian cactus with giant spines.2000, Warner Shedd, “A “Pig,” Perhaps, but Not a Hog: The Porcupine”, in Owls Aren’t Wise & Bats Aren’t Blind: A Naturalist Debunks Our…. From the entry porky
• Jungle clung to the canyons, but there were broad expanses of brushland grown with mesquite and agave and flowering redbird cactus.1998, Robert Stone, Bear and His Daughter: Stories, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 61. From the entry redbird cactus
• At any rate there flourished by the curbing, sure enough, a wide and very stabby cactus garden, extending Tartar hospitality.1935, The American Legion Monthly, volume 19, page 54. From the entry stabby
• The mukonde (candelabra tree) was a four-sided cactus like plant with a poisonous white sap, although a rhino had no problems chewing the fresh shoots.2019, Dr. Ross Gordon Cooper, Crocodile Creek tree house, page 11. From the entry candelabra tree
• One of the most popular cultivars of Acanthocereus tetragonus, the fairy-castle cactus produces bright green ribbed stems that soon form small clusters.2019, Fran Bailey, Zia Allaway, Royal Horticultural Society Practical Cactus & Succulent Book: How to Choose, Nurture & Display 200 Cacti…. From the entry fairy castle cactus
• He leaned down to inspect a white-quilled cactus, and then spotted a different kind with skinnier branches and only a few drab spines.2010, T. Lloyd Winetsky, Maria Juana's Gift: A Novel, Sunstone Press, published 2010, →ISBN, page 148. From the entry quilled
• First of all, call me Sam; second, you should know I have a black thumb when it comes to anything other than cactus.2008, Yvette M. Scholl, The Legacy, →ISBN, page 72. From the entry black thumb
• Across the front flaps of bornais and along the cracked brims of the men's hats, she sewed green appliquéd circles resembling the monk's-head cactus.2008, Frances de Pontes Peebles, The Seamstress. From the entry monk's head
• Also referred to as walking stick cholla, it is an arborescent cactus with a short woody trunk and many erect candelabrumlike branches.2001, Rodney W. Bovey, “Significance and Botanical Nature of Woody Plants”, in Woody Plants and Woody Plant Management: Ecology, Safety…. From the entry candelabrumlike
• All Santa Fe pink and coral green, it’s a painted-desert playpen, adorned with ceramic cacti, a hat rack with horns, and pencils shaped like twigs.1993 March, Patrick Goldstein, “Catch a Wave & You're Sittin' on Top of the World”, in Premiere, page 74. From the entry Santa Fe pink
• We passed through a stand of desert oaks, which are a species of casuarina and look less like an oak than a cactus.1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 144. From the entry desert oak

Meaning of cactus

1. noun Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.
2. noun Any succulent plant with a thick fleshy stem bearing spines but no leaves, such as euphorbs.
3. noun A vivid green color inspired by the color of cacti.

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How do you use cactus in a sentence?

Cactus is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “The prickly pear cactus is an introduced species in Australia.”

What is a short sentence with cactus?

“I would say it's cactus.”

What does cactus mean?

Cactus means any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.