barrel cactus
any of several large, cylindrical, ribbed, spiny cacti of the genera Echinocactus and Ferocactus.
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The straight spines found on cactuses like the saguaro are the easiest to pull free, while barbed cholla spears or hooked spines like those found on barrel cactuses will—not surprisingly—take a little more work.
How to remove cactus spines (including ones stuck in your throat) | Kate Baggaley | October 4, 2021 | Popular-ScienceI was floored to see flowering ocotillo bushes, waving like serrated knives with ruby-encrusted handles over bunches of barrel cacti springing up from the sand like little mittens for fat fingers.
You Don’t Need to Watch Hiking Videos to Hike | Grayson Haver Currin | June 15, 2021 | Outside OnlineA set of steep, scree-strewn switchbacks ejects us onto the Tonto Platform, a sloping shelf of sage-hued shale festooned with prickly pear and barrel cactus, blackbrush and spindly yucca.
A father-son backpacking trip in the Grand Canyon is an introduction to adventure | John Briley | April 9, 2021 | Washington PostNear by springs up the barrel cactus, a forbidding column no one dares touch.
The Romance of the Colorado River | Frederick S. DellenbaughThe Candy barrel cactus is a very fine plant which grows as high as seven feet and has twenty to thirty ridges running lengthwise.
The Fantastic Clan | John James Thornber
The boys got out and walked quickly into the desert, found a barrel cactus, and began dissecting it with Rick's scout knife.
The Scarlet Lake Mystery | Harold Leland GoodwinShe knew that the pulp of the barrel cactus that she tried to chew turned to bitter sawdust in her mouth and sickened her.
The Heart of the Desert | Honor Willsie MorrowAnother of picturesque appeal is the bisnaga or barrel cactus, of which there are many species of many sizes.
The Book of the National Parks | Robert Sterling Yard
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