adj. Belonging to, or like, the family of plants of which the prickly pear is a common example.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Belonging to, or like, the family of plants of which the prickly pear is a common example.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Pertaining to or resembling the CactaceƦ.
Word Usage
"Fertile soils and spontaneous vegetation, reeking with miasma and overpowering from their odour, we had exchanged for a drouthy wilderness of aloetic and cactaceous plants, where the kolquall and several thorn bushes grew paramount."