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
Usage examples for cactus:
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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