ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Mandacaru

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Mandacaru is a noun meaning A cactus, Cereus jamacaru, native to central and eastern Brazil.

Meaning

A cactus, Cereus jamacaru, native to central and eastern Brazil.

Example Sentences

But a tree—if I can call it that—that draws my attention is the mandacaru, a columnar cactus native to northeastern Brazil.
But the rest of her body shivered, mandacaru cactus thorns penetrated the flesh that had been half-eaten away by the disease.
The thought of vengeance helped him survive the weeks he spent wandering aimlessly about a desert wasteland bristling with mandacarus.

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