What does cactophile mean?
Cactophile means (biology) An animal which lives in or feeds on cacti..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(biology) An animal which lives in or feeds on cacti..
Other insects are cactophiles, including Homoptera such as the cactus dodger (Cacama valvata) […]
Phyllostomus discolor is an opportunistic cactophile that occasionally visits flowering columnar cacti in the Venezuelan Andes (Sosa and Soriano, 1996) .
Although not all cactophiles live in deserts, they and their host plants tend to inhabit dry regions.
As a group they present all of the challenges in collecting, classifying, and culturing cacti which the most ardent cactophile can desire.
I'm a cactophile yet my favorite plant (I define favorite as the one plant that will make me cry should it ever leave me for the great botanists in the sky) is a Haemantha albiflos.
Googly eyes are often added to this plant as a novelty. One look at it captures the imagination of every cactophile.
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Cactophile means (biology) An animal which lives in or feeds on cacti..
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Other insects are cactophiles, including Homoptera such as the cactus dodger (Cacama valvata) […]
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