barrel cactus

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noun

any of several large, cylindrical, ribbed, spiny cacti of the genera Echinocactus and Ferocactus.

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Origin of barrel cactus

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

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How to use barrel cactus in a sentence

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-Science
I 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 Online
A 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 Post
Near by springs up the Barrel cactus, a forbidding column no one dares touch.
The Romance of the Colorado River|Frederick S. Dellenbaugh

The 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 Goodwin
She 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 Morrow
Another 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