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CACTOID

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cac⋅tus

  [kak-tuhs]
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–noun, plural -ti  [-tahy] , -tus⋅es, -tus.
any of numerous succulent plants of the family Cactaceae, of warm, arid regions of the New World, having fleshy, leafless, usually spiny stems, and typically having solitary, showy flowers.
Origin:
1600–10; < L < Gk káktos cardoon

Related forms:
cac⋅tus⋅like, cactoid, adjective
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cactus (buttons)

  1. n.
    peyote cactus containing mescaline. (Drugs.) : Gert came back from vacation with a bag of cactus buttons.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

cactus 
1607, from L. cactus "cardoon," from Gk. kaktos, name of a type of prickly plant of Sicily (the Spanish artichoke). Modern meaning is 18c., because Linnaeus gave the name to a group of plants he thought were related to this but are not.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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