Results for cactus

Definitions of cactus:

part of speech: noun

An American plant, generally with prickles instead of leaves.

part of speech: noun

A tribe of tropical plants with fleshy prickly stems and leaves; a genus of flowering plants; the Indian fig tribe.

part of speech: noun

A prickly fleshy plant with showy flowers.

Usage examples for cactus:

• Henry, take her directly and show her the cactus and clear your mother's character." "Put Yourself in His Place", Charles Reade

• But the population went in for crowding by preference, and didn't care a cactus whether it was hygienic or not. "Children of the Wild", Charles G. D. Roberts

• The curious cactus like Euphorbia Royleana grows abundantly and is used for making hedges. "The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir", Sir James McCrone Douie