cactus : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cactus	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for cactus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cactus n any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cactus \Cac"tus\, n.; pl. E. {Cactuses}, {Cacti} (-t[c6]). [L., a kind of cactus, Gr. [?][?][?][?][?][?].] (Bot.) Any plant of the order {Cactac[91]}, 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. {Cactus wren} (Zo[94]l.), an American wren of the genus {Campylorhynchus}, of several species.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Cactus, TX (city, FIPS 11692) Location: 36.04473 N, 102.01110 W Population (1990): 1529 (478 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)