Cactus

See also: cactus and cáctus

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin cactus (“a spiny plant, possibly the cardoon”), from Ancient Greek κάκτος (káktos).

Proper noun

Cactus m

  1. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – original Linnean genus of cactus, rejected in 1905.

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English

Proper noun

Cactus

  1. A city in Texas.
  2. An unincorporated community in California.
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