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1. cactus
   [n] - any spiny succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World
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2. 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 ...
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3. cactus
   noun any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines
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4. 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.
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5. 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]
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6. 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!
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7. Cactus
   Cactus is a drama starring Isabelle Huppert in a story about a woman who loses the sight in one eye. Cactus was directed by Paul Cox.
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8. Cactus
   Cactus is the family of fleshy, thickened and mainly leafless plants, the Cactaceae (also known as the Indian Fig family). The species are succulent shrubs, with minute scale-like leaves (except in the genus Pereskia, tree-cactus, with large leaves), and with clusters and spines on the stems. They h...
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9. 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...
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10. cactus
    Click images to enlargeStrictly, any plant of the family Cactaceae, although the word is commonly used to describe many different succulent and prickly plants. True cacti have a woody axis (central core) surrounded by a large fleshy stem, which takes various forms and is usually covered with spines (actually reduced leave...
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11. Cactus
    (song) "`Cactus`" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies, and is the eighth track on their 1988 album Surfer Rosa. It was written and sung by the band`s frontman Black Francis and produced by Steve Albini. "Pixies": Between the second verse and choru...
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12. Cactus
    (band) `Cactus` is an American hard rock supergroup, formed in 1970. Biography: `Cactus` was initially conceived as early as late 1969 by the Vanilla Fudge rhythm section of bassist Tim Bogert and drummer Carmine Appice with guitarist Jeff Beck and Xylophone player Adele Smitchell acted as th...
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13. CACTUS
    `CACTUS` (Converted Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope Using Solar-2) is a ground based Air Cherenkov Telescope (ACT) located outside Daggett, California, near Barstow. It was originally a solar power plant called Solar Two, but was converted to an observatory starting in 2001. The first astronomical o...
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14. Cactus
    (Indian band) ` -->` `Cactus` (Bengali: কাচ্টাস) is an Indian Bangla Rock band from Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Since inception they have played on over 2500 stages. History: Cactus was formed in 1992. Inspired by the likes of Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, Led ...
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15. Cactus
    (TV series) `Cactus` (Persian :`کاکتوس`) is a 1998 Iranian satirical TV series directed by Mohammad Reza Honarmand. Various actors played in the series including Fathali Oveisi, Khosrow Shakibai, Reza Fieze Norouzi , Rasool Najafian, Soroosh Sehhat and Zohreh Mojabi. ...
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