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Look up: Cactus

  1. Cactus
    Cactus is the order of fleshy, thickened and mainly leafless plants, the Cactaceae (also known as the Indian Fig order).
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. Cactus
    Cactus is a city in Moore County Texas, USA
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. Cactus
    Cactus is a drama about a woman who loses the sight in one eye. It stars Isabelle Huppert. Directed by Paul Cox.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  4. cactus
    [n] - any spiny succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. Cactus
    Cac'tus noun ; plural English Cactuses , Cacti (- tī). [ Latin , a kind of cactus, Greek ...................] (Botany) 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. ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/3

  6. cactus
    noun any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  7. Cactus
    A `cactus` (plural `cacti`, `cactuses` or `cactus`) is any member of the succulent plant family `Cactaceae`, native to the Americas. They are often used as ornamental plants, but some are also crop plants. Cacti are distinctive and unusual plants, which are adapted to extremely arid and hot environments, showing a wide range of anatomical and physiological features which conserve water. Their stems have expanded into green succulent structures ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cactus

  8. Cactus
    • (n.) Any plant of the order Cactacae, 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.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. cactus
    flowering plants belonging to the family Cactaceae, of the order Caryophyllales. Botanists estimate that there are some 1,500 species, grouped into ... [9 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/2

  10. Cactus
    Cactus is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `Cactus` The name Cactus doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Cactus seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Cact

  11. cactus
    cactus, any plant of the family Cactaceae, a large group of succulents found almost entirely in the New World. A cactus plant is conspicuous for its fleshy green stem, which performs the functions of leaves (commonly insignificant or absent), and for the spines (not always present) of various colors...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08097


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21 November 2009

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On 21st November 1974 the Provisional IRA plants bombs in two Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty-one people die and 182 are injured. A few minutes before the explosions a warning had been telephoned to the local newspaper, the Birmingham Post and Mail, but it was far too late. The first Birmingham bomb, at the Mulberry Bush pub in the basement of the Rotunda, a 20-storey office and retail complex and it exploded six minutes after the telephone warning. There was not enough time for police to clear the area. Earlier that year nine soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded on a coach on the M62 near Bradford, while two bombs in Guildford killed four soldiers and injured scores of other people. read more

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