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kaktus : cactus (n.) [tanom]
[ Etymology: English: cactus ]

Derivatives of kaktus


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cactus
n. (plant)1. cactusany succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines.
~ cactaceae, cactus family, family cactaceaeconstituting the order Opuntiales.
~ acanthocereus pentagonus, acanthocereus tetragonus, pitahaya, pitahaya cactuscactus of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having edible juicy fruit.
~ aporocactus flagelliformis, rat's-tail cactus, rattail cactuscommonly cultivated tropical American cactus having slender creeping stems and very large showy crimson flowers that bloom for several days.
~ ariocarpus fissuratus, living rockusually unbranched usually spineless cactus covered with warty tubercles and having magenta flowers and white or green fruit; resembles the related mescal; northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States.
~ carnegiea gigantea, saguaro, sahuaroextremely large treelike cactus of desert regions of southwestern United States having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit.
~ night-blooming cereusany of several cacti of the genus Cereus.
~ coryphanthaa cactus of the genus Coryphantha.
~ echinocactus, barrel cactusany cactus of the genus Echinocactus; strongly ribbed and very spiny; southwestern United States to Brazil.
~ hedgehog cereuscactus of the genus Echinocereus.
~ rainbow cactusa stout cylindrical cactus of the southwest United States and adjacent Mexico.
~ epiphyllum, orchid cactusany cactus of the genus Epiphyllum having flattened jointed irregularly branching stems and showy tubular flowers.
~ barrel cactusa cactus of the genus Ferocactus: unbranched barrel-shaped cactus having deep ribs with numerous spines and usually large funnel-shaped flowers followed by dry fruits.
~ easter cactus, hatiora gaertneri, schlumbergera gaertnerispring-blooming South American cactus with oblong joints and coral-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Schlumbergera.
~ night-blooming cereusany of several cacti of the genus Hylocereus.
~ chichipe, lemaireocereus chichipetall treelike Mexican cactus with edible red fruit.
~ lophophora williamsii, mescal, mezcal, peyotea small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons.
~ mammillariaany cactus of the genus Mammillaria.
~ feather ball, mammillaria plumosaa low tuberculate cactus with white feathery spines; northeastern Mexico.
~ garambulla, garambulla cactus, myrtillocactus geometrizansarborescent cactus of western Mexico bearing a small oblong edible berrylike fruit.
~ knowlton's cactus, pediocactus knowltoniismall clustering cactus of southwestern United States; a threatened species.
~ nopalany of several cacti of the genus Nopalea resembling prickly pears.
~ prickly pear, prickly pear cactuscacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species; often used as food for stock.
~ cholla, opuntia chollaarborescent cacti having very spiny cylindrical stem segments; southwestern United States and Mexico.
~ mistletoe cactusa plant of the genus Rhipsalis.
~ christmas cactus, schlumbergera baridgesii, schlumbergera buckleyiepiphytic cactus of Brazilian ancestry widely cultivated as a houseplant having jointed flat segments and usually rose-purple flowers that bloom in winter.
~ night-blooming cereusany of several night-blooming cacti of the genus Selenicereus.
~ crab cactus, schlumbergera truncatus, thanksgiving cactus, zygocactus truncatusSouth American jointed cactus with usually red flowers; often cultivated as a houseplant; sometimes classified as genus Schlumbergera.
~ succulenta plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs.