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Meaning
Noun
●
In Botany & Cacti:
Any
member
of the family Cactaceae, a family of
flowering
New World
succulent
plants
suited
to a
hot
,
semi-desert
climate.
●
Any
succulent
plant
with a
thick
fleshy
stem
bearing
spines
but no
leaves
, such as euphorbs.
Adj
●
In Australian English & New Zealand English:
Non-functional,
broken
,
exhausted
, dead.
Name
●
A
city
in Texas.
●
An
unincorporated
community
in California.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
cactus
English
cactus
Latin
κάκτος
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Sourced from
Etym
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