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cac·tus
\ˈkaktəs\ noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, cardoon, from Greek kaktos
1. capitalized, in some classifications : a genus of globose spiny plants (family Cactaceae) now referred to several other genera (as Melocactus and Coryphantha)
2. plural cac·ti \-ˌtī, -(ˌ)tē\ or cactuses \-_təsə̇z\ : any plant of the family Cactaceae — see carnegiea, echinocactus, mescal, opuntia |