Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cactus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cactus \Cac"tus\, n.; pl. E. {Cactuses}, {Cacti} (-t[=i]). [L.,
a kind of cactus, Gr. ??????.] (Bot.)
Any plant of the order {Cactac[ae]}, as the prickly pear and
the night-blooming cereus. See {Cereus}. They usually have
leafless stems and branches, often beset with clustered
thorns, and are mostly natives of the warmer parts of
America.
{Cactus wren} (Zo["o]l.), an American wren of the genus
{Campylorhynchus}, of several species.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cactus
n : any spiny succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native
chiefly to arid regions of the New World
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