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cactus 音標拼音: [k'æktəs] n. 仙人掌 仙人掌 cactus n 1: any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spinesCactus \ Cac" tus\, n.; pl. E. { Cactuses}, { Cacti} (- t[ imac]). [ 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. [ 1913 Webster] { Cactus wren} ( Zool.), an American wren of the genus { Campylorhynchus}, of several species. [ 1913 Webster] 21 Moby Thesaurus words for " cactus": bramble, brier, bristle, burr, catchweed, cleavers, goose grass, needle, nettle, pine needle, prickle, quill, spicule, spiculum, spike, spikelet, spine, sticker, thistle, thorn, yucca |
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