Cactus

Etymology
From, from , possibly of pre-Greek origin.

Noun

 * 1)  Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.
 * 2) Any succulent plant with a thick fleshy stem bearing spines but no leaves, such as euphorbs.

Usage notes
In modern English, the term cactus properly refers to plants belonging to the family Cactaceae. With one exception, all are native to the New World (the Americas). The sole exception is Rhipsalis, a jungle epiphyte found in tropical Africa, Madagascar, and Sri Lanka, as well as North and South America. Informally, cactus is used to refer to any stem succulent adapted to a dry climate, notably species from genus Euphorbia with forms reminiscent of Cactaceae. These succulents are better described as "cactoid" or "cactiform" unless they are actual members of the Cactaceae.

Derived terms

 * (Echinocactus spp. and spp.)
 * ( spp.)
 * (Mammillaria spp.)
 * (Echinocactus spp. and spp.)
 * (Rebutia spp.)
 * (Lophophora williamsii)
 * (Echinocactus spp. and spp.)
 * (Rebutia spp.)
 * (Lophophora williamsii)


 * (Mammillaria,, and ( spp.)
 * ( spp.)
 * hedgehog cactus (,, and spp.)
 * (Echinocactus spp.)
 * ( and
 * (Rhipsalis spp.)
 * (Mammillaria spp.)
 * (Rhipsalis spp.)
 * (Mammillaria spp.)


 * ( spp. and hybrids)
 * ( and )
 * ( spp.)
 * ( spp.)

Related terms

 * cactiform
 * cactiform
 * cactiform
 * cactiform

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: cactus
 * Azerbaijani:, maldili
 * Belarusian: кактус
 * Bulgarian: кактус
 * Catalan:
 * Chakma: 𑄙𑄝𑄚
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 仙人掌
 * Mandarin:
 * Min Nan: 刺球, 仙人球, 仙人掌
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: kaktus
 * Faroese: kaktus
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: cacto
 * Georgian: კაქტუსი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: कैक्टस
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: kaktus
 * Ido:
 * Isthmus Zapotec: biaagueta
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, , シャボテン
 * Korean:
 * Latvian: kaktuss
 * Lithuanian: kaktusas
 * Malagasy: or raketa


 * Malay: kaktus
 * Maltese: kaktus
 * Maori: rautete
 * Navajo: hosh
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: kaktus
 * Pashto: کیکټس
 * Persian: صباره خنجری
 * Plautdietsch: Kaktus
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:,  ,
 * Punjabi:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: кактус
 * Roman:
 * Sindhi: ڪئٽسڪ
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: cacto, cactus
 * Swahili: cactus
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: kakto
 * Taos: łę́newą
 * Thai: ตะบองเพชร,
 * Tibetan: ཀླུ་ཥིང
 * Tsonga: xihaha, xikwenga
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: کیکٹس
 * Uyghur: كاكتۇس
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: kaktud
 * Welsh: cactws
 * Western Panjabi:
 * Yiddish: קאַקטוס

Adjective

 * 1)  Non-functional, broken, exhausted, dead.
 * 2) * 2018"Fractured", Wentworth
 * Michael Armstrong: "Michael Armstrong, I represent Sonia Stevens." Sue "Boomer" Jenkins: "Oh, haven't you heard? She cactus." Armstrong "Yes, I realize that, and that's a terrible business.
 * 1) * 2018"Fractured", Wentworth
 * Michael Armstrong: "Michael Armstrong, I represent Sonia Stevens." Sue "Boomer" Jenkins: "Oh, haven't you heard? She cactus." Armstrong "Yes, I realize that, and that's a terrible business.
 * Michael Armstrong: "Michael Armstrong, I represent Sonia Stevens." Sue "Boomer" Jenkins: "Oh, haven't you heard? She cactus." Armstrong "Yes, I realize that, and that's a terrible business.

Noun

 * 1)   member of the Cactaceae

Noun

 * 1)   member of the Cactaceae

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , of pre-Greek origin.

Noun

 * , plant of the family Cactaceae

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) the cardoon, Cynara cardunculus

Descendants

 * Translingual: Cactus

Etymology
From.