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Cactus : (noun)
1: any spiny succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native
chiefly to arid regions of the New World
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Cactus : \Cac"tus\, n.; pl. E. Cactuses, Cacti (-t[=i]). [L.,
a kind of cactus, Gr. ??????.] (Bot.)
Any plant of the order Cactac[ae], as the prickly pear and
the night-blooming cereus. See Cereus. They usually have
leafless stems and branches, often beset with clustered
thorns, and are mostly natives of the warmer parts of
America.
Cactus wren (Zo["o]l.), an American wren of the genus
Campylorhynchus, of several species.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Cactus, TX (city, FIPS 11692)
Location: 36.04473 N, 102.01110 W
Population (1990): 1529 (478 housing units)
Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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