cactuses in English

noun
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a succulent plant with a thick, fleshy stem that typically bears spines, lacks leaves, and has brilliantly colored flowers. Cacti are native to arid regions of the New World and are cultivated elsewhere, especially as houseplants.
We are rich with saguaros, prickly pear, and cholla cacti , and paloverde, and mesquite trees.

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1. 6 The ground was rocky, uneven, and hard . Prickly pear cactuses were everywhere.

2. If you believe in Animism, you believe that ostriches, cactuses, mountains, and thunder are all spiritual beings.

3. In the valleys, you find a darker green of trees and the euphorbias that mimic our cactuses.

4. 30 We drove to a neighborhood of neatly kept ranch-style houses, where cactuses and birds-of-paradise grew on freshly mowed lawns.

5. Cochineal definition, a red dye prepared from the dried bodies of the females of the Cochineal insect, Dactylopius coccus, which lives on cactuses of Mexico, Central …

6. Plural Cacti (kăk′tī′) or cactuses Any of various plants that have thick, leafless, often spiny stems and grow in hot, dry places, chiefly in North and South America

7. The story of Mes Petites Aquarelles began with a passion for art and cactuses! My name is Claire and after running out of space on my apartment walls, I decided to launch an online store where you can find and purchase some of my creations

8. Cactus, (family Cactaceae), plural Cacti or cactuses, flowering plant family (order Caryophyllales) with nearly 2,000 species and 139 genera. Cacti are native through most of the length of North and South America, from British Columbia and Alberta southward; the southernmost limit of their range extends far into Chile and Argentina.