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De - Pt| English Dictionary: cacti | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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. | |
