Cactus

Quick meaning: Cactus is a noun meaning (botany) Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.

Meaning

(botany) Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.

More Meanings

1. Any succulent plant with a thick fleshy stem bearing spines but no leaves, such as euphorbs.
2. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Non-functional, broken, exhausted, dead.

Example Sentences

‘It′s cactus,’ Rod, the helicopter pilot, said at the sound of the piston ring shattering.

I would say it's cactus. Water conducts & destroys components & PCBs very easily. Hence the water-resistant phones.

I wouldn't mind throwing it away if it's cactus except for the VCR part which works fine, so then I'd be up for a new VCR as well.

On the mountains a few junipers and piñons are found, and cactuses, agave, and yuccas, low, fleshy plants with bayonets and thorns.

Word Forms

• cacti
• cactuses
• cactusses

Synonyms for cactus

Depending on context, synonyms include kaput.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include nopal, saguaro, ocotillo, hedgehog, species, sahuaro.

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