cactus

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.

   On the mountains a few junipers and piñons are found, and cactuses, agave, and yuccas, low, fleshy plants with bayonets and thorns.

2. 2
   adj

   Non-functional, broken, exhausted, dead.

   I wouldn't mind throwing it away if it's cactus except for the VCR part which works fine, so then I'd be up for a new VCR as well.

3. 3
   noun

   any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines

4. 4
   noun

   Any succulent plant with a thick fleshy stem bearing spines but no leaves, such as euphorbs.

From taxonomic name Cactus, a name given in 1752 by Linnaeus for a genus of cacti (now superseded by the genus name Mammillaria), from Latin cactus, from Ancient Greek κάκτος (káktos, “cardoon”), possibly of Pre-Greek origin.

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