cactus
Definitions of cactus
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any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spinestypes:peiotea small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttonsfico d'India, ficodindiacacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species; often used as food for stocktonnotropical American prickly pear of Jamaica
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