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snake cactus

snake cactus noun: acanthocereus tetragonus (barbed-wire cactus).

Noun

snake cactus (plural snake cactuses or snake cacti)

  1. Acanthocereus tetragonus (barbed-wire cactus).
  2. Bergerocactus emoryi (golden cereus, golden spine cereus).
  3. Cylindropuntia spinosior (cane cholla, spiny cholla).
  4. Morangaya pensilis (syn. Echinocereus pensilis).
  5. Nyctocereus serpentinus (Mexican night-bloom cereus, serpent cactus).
  6. Selenicereus spp. (midnight cactuses).

Forms of snake cactus

pluralsnake cactuses
pluralsnake cacti

Questions about snake cactus

What does snake cactus mean?
Snake cactus means acanthocereus tetragonus (barbed-wire cactus).
What part of speech is snake cactus?
Snake cactus is a noun.
What is the plural of snake cactus?
The plural of snake cactus is snake cactuses.

Words near snake cactus in the dictionary

  1. snake bite
  2. snake bites
  3. snake bridge
  4. snake bridges
  5. snake cacti
  6. snake cactus
  7. snake case
  8. snake charmer
  9. snake charmers
  10. snake charming
  11. snake cucumber

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