CACTUS | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of cactus in English cactusnoun [ C ] uk /ˈkæk.təs/ us /ˈkæk.təs/ plural cacti uk /ˈkæk.taɪ / us /ˈkæk.taɪ / cactuses Add to word list Add to word list any of many types of desert plant, usually with sharp spines (= long points) and thick stems for storing water: The only thing that grows here is an occasional sage bush or cactus. Spectacular giant cacti stand on the hillside.   Archive Photos/Archive Photos/GettyImages

• Probably the most famous desert plant is the cactus.
• The courtyards of the house are full of cactuses and cages of tropical birds.
• This volcanic mountain is the home of cacti, lizards, and flightless birds that have become extinct everywhere else on earth.
• The restaurant is painted in colourful shades and decorated with cacti and other Mexican symbols.

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• As we descended the long, winding road we passed many fine specimens of tree cactus. 
• Cacti and semi-tropical bushes mingled with brush on the rounded side hills. 
• Even the olive and the cactus, those fast friends of a worthless soil, had almost deserted the country. 
• He fumbled for his knife and clumsily scraped the needles from a leaf of the cactus and sliced it in two. 
• This they followed rapidly, crossing wide plains of sage brush and cactus throughout the day. 

(Definition of cactus from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

cactus | American Dictionary

cactusnoun [ C ] us /ˈkæk·təs/ plural cacti us/ˈkæk·tɑɪ/ cactuses Add to word list Add to word list any of a type of plant that grows in the desert, having thick stems for storing water and usually spines (= sharp points) (Definition of cactus from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of cactus

cactus For example, with the noun cactus, a preference for generating cacti is expressed by having the corresponding rule precede the one generating cactuses. From the Cambridge English Corpus To our knowledge, these results are the first to show that darkness triggers secondary dormancy in cacti. From the Cambridge English Corpus This is the first report of skotodormancy in cacti. From the Cambridge English Corpus Once inside the visitor sees all over the walls of the canyons real cactus sage brush and other vegetations transplanted from their natural clime. From the Cambridge English Corpus These plants produce pulpy, dehiscent fruits that have an odour and are located towards the end of the cactus arms. From the Cambridge English Corpus In other words, every block of is either a bridge or a circuit, so is a cactus. From the Cambridge English Corpus The staple crops are grown in cactus-hedged fields adjacent to the temporary villages and hamlets. From the Cambridge English Corpus For example, ' cactus-caterpillar ' was produced by a child who heard the puppet say ' elephant-caterpillar ' for a black caterpillar with spikes. From the Cambridge English Corpus It's like these cactuses that flower once in eighteen years. From the Cambridge English Corpus Exposure to light promotes germination of 57 cactus species and has no influence on 9 species. From the Cambridge English Corpus With this information, the role of the birds and bats that participate in the dispersal process of these cacti could be evaluated reliably. From the Cambridge English Corpus The abstractions of the cactus sounds by the end of the work, after all, are quite inviting and nurturing, rather than cold and alienating. From the Cambridge English Corpus The work begins with cactus plucks that slowly become amplified. From the Cambridge English Corpus With spatialisation, the final layer of the work seeks to move the audience from this external observer position, to a fictional location inside the cactus. From the Cambridge English Corpus We refer to a graph satisfying any of the above as a cactus. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of cactus? What is the pronunciation of cacti?

Translations of cactus

in Chinese (Traditional) 仙人掌… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 仙人掌… See more in Spanish cactus, cactus [masculine]… See more in Portuguese cacto, cacto [masculine]… See more in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Korean in Ukrainian in Italian サボテン… See more kaktüs, çölde yetişen dikenli bir bitki… See more cactus [masculine], cactus… See more cactus… See more cactus… See more kaktus… See more kaktus… See more kaktus… See more พืชจำพวกหนึ่งไม่มีใบพบมากในแถบทะเลทราย, ต้นกระบองเพชร… See more cây xương rồng… See more kaktus… See more kaktus… See more kaktus… See more der Kaktus… See more kaktus [masculine], kaktus… See more 선인장… See more кактус… See more cactus… See more Need a translator?

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