cactus
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1. any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | succulent, |
| definition | : | a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | ariocarpus fissuratus, living rock, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | carnegiea gigantea, saguaro, sahuaro, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | coryphantha, |
| definition | : | a cactus of the genus Coryphantha (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | barrel cactus, echinocactus, |
| definition | : | any cactus of the genus Echinocactus; strongly ribbed and very spiny; southwestern United States to Brazil (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | hedgehog cereus, |
| definition | : | cactus of the genus Echinocereus (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | rainbow cactus, |
| definition | : | a stout cylindrical cactus of the southwest United States and adjacent Mexico (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | epiphyllum, orchid cactus, |
| definition | : | any cactus of the genus Epiphyllum having flattened jointed irregularly branching stems and showy tubular flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | barrel cactus, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | mammillaria, |
| definition | : | any cactus of the genus Mammillaria (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | nopal, |
| definition | : | any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea resembling prickly pears (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | prickly pear, prickly pear cactus, |
| definition | : | cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species; often used as food for stock (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | cholla, opuntia cholla, |
| definition | : | arborescent cacti having very spiny cylindrical stem segments; southwestern United States and Mexico (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | mistletoe cactus, |
| definition | : | a plant of the genus Rhipsalis (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | night-blooming cereus, |
| definition | : | any of several night-blooming cacti of the genus Selenicereus (noun.plant) |
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