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n. Any of various succulent, spiny, usually leafless plants native mostly to arid regions of the New World, having variously colored, often showy flowers with numerous stamens and petals.

n. Any of several similar plants.

n. Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.

n. Any succulent plant with a thick fleshy stem bearing spines but no leaves, including euphorbs.

adj. Non-functional, broken, exhausted.

n. 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.

n. The old and Linnean name for the group of plants, considered a single genus, which now form the order Cactaceæ.

n. any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines

"This brain cactus is another of the plant species found in the botanical gardens in Phoenix, one of the most peaceful environments that I know."

succulent   

cactoid    cactal    cactaceous   

cacti    Cereus   

cactuslike    strawberry cactus    compass cactus    pencil cactus    foxtail cactus    beehive cactus    nipple cactus    rattail cactus    noncactus    finger cactus   

actus    malpractice    practice   

cacti    mesquite    juniper    yucca    shrub    pear    evergreen    myrtle    acacia    thistle