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3 definitions found 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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