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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cactus \Cac"tus\, n.; pl E. {Cactuses}, {Cacti} (-t[=i]). [L.,
a kind of cactus, Gr ??????.] (Bot.)
Any plant of the order {Cactac[ae]}, 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.
{Cactus wren} (Zo["o]l.), an American wren of the genus
{Campylorhynchus}, of several species.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
cactus
n : any spiny succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native
chiefly to arid regions of the New World
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Cactus, TX (city, FIPS 11692)
Location: 36.04473 N, 102.01110 W
Population (1990): 1529 (478 housing units)
Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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