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Meaning
noun any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines
originFrom taxonomic name Cactus, a name given in 1752 by Linnaeus for a genus of cacti (now superseded by the genus name Mammillaria), from Latin cactus, from Ancient Greek κάκτος (káktos, “cardoon”), possibly of Pre-Greek origin.
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