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cac⋅tus

  [kak-tuhs]
–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.
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Origin:
1600–10; < L < Gk káktos cardoon

Related forms:
cac⋅tus⋅like, cactoid, adjective
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cac·tus   (kāk'təs)   
n.   pl. cac·ti (-tī') or cac·tus·es

  1. Any of various succulent, spiny, usually leafless plants native mostly to arid regions of the New World, having variously colored, often showy flowers with numerous stamens and petals.

  2. Any of several similar plants.


[Latin, cardoon, from Greek kaktos.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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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