Definition of Cactos
Cac"tus (?), n. ; pl. E.
Cactuses (#), Cacti (-
tī). [L., a kind of cactus, Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;.]
(Bot.) Any plant of the order Cactacæ,
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 (Zoöl.), an
American wren of the genus Campylorhynchus, of several
species.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a succulent plant with a thick fleshy stem bearing spines but no leaves
- (Australian slang) Non-functional, broken.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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