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cactaceous

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cac⋅ta⋅ceous

[kak-tey-shuhs]
–adjective
belonging to the Cactaceae, the cactus family of plants.

Origin:
1850–55; < NL Cactace(ae) name of the family (see cactus, -aceae ) + -ous
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