cactus

cactus of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having edible juicy fruit

commonly cultivated tropical American cactus having slender creeping stems and very large showy crimson flowers that bloom for several days

usually unbranched usually spineless cactus covered with warty tubercles and having magenta flowers and white or green fruit; resembles the related mescal; northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States

extremely large treelike cactus of desert regions of southwestern United States having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit

any of several cacti of the genus Cereus

a cactus of the genus Coryphantha

any cactus of the genus Echinocactus; strongly ribbed and very spiny; southwestern United States to Brazil

cactus of the genus Echinocereus

a stout cylindrical cactus of the southwest United States and adjacent Mexico

any cactus of the genus Epiphyllum having flattened jointed irregularly branching stems and showy tubular flowers

a cactus of the genus Ferocactus: unbranched barrel-shaped cactus having deep ribs with numerous spines and usually large funnel-shaped flowers followed by dry fruits

spring-blooming South American cactus with oblong joints and coral-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Schlumbergera

any of several cacti of the genus Hylocereus

tall treelike Mexican cactus with edible red fruit

a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons

any cactus of the genus Mammillaria

a low tuberculate cactus with white feathery spines; northeastern Mexico

arborescent cactus of western Mexico bearing a small oblong edible berrylike fruit

small clustering cactus of southwestern United States; a threatened species

any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea resembling prickly pears

cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species; often used as food for stock

arborescent cacti having very spiny cylindrical stem segments; southwestern United States and Mexico

a plant of the genus Rhipsalis

epiphytic cactus of Brazilian ancestry widely cultivated as a houseplant having jointed flat segments and usually rose-purple flowers that bloom in winter

any of several night-blooming cacti of the genus Selenicereus

South American jointed cactus with usually red flowers; often cultivated as a houseplant; sometimes classified as genus Schlumbergera

cactus of the genus Echinocactus having stout sharp spines

large cactus of east central Mexico having golden to pale yellow flowers and spines

cactus having yellow flowers and purple fruits

tropical American prickly pear of Jamaica

tropical American climbing cactus having triangular branches; often cultivated for its large showy night-blooming flowers followed by yellow red-streaked fruits