cactaceous

[ kak-tey-shuhs ]

adjective
  1. belonging to the Cactaceae, the cactus family of plants.

Origin of cactaceous

1
1850–55; <New Latin Cactace(ae) name of the family (see cactus, -aceae) + -ous

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