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Cactus
Cac′tus
,Noun.
pl. E.
Cactuses
(#)
, Cacti
(-tī)
. [L., a kind of cactus, Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK].]
(Bot.)
Any plant of the order
Cactacæ
, 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
(Zoöl.)
, an American wren of the genus
Campylorhynchus
, of several species.