cactus
noun
any of numerous succulent plants of the family Cactaceae, of warm, arid regions of the New World, having fleshy, leafless, usually spiny stems, and typically having solitary, showy flowers.
cactuslike
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a word derived from
cactus.
Example Sentences
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At one large farm, rows of flowery, cactuslike dragonfruit plants droop over their wire props, heavy with juice that stains our fingers and lips a bright purply pink.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 23, 2020
Merle Temkin’s trio of “Three Sisters” are striking cactuslike silhouettes, painted in desert-twilight tones of red, purple and near-black.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 5, 2015
The men who grow the cactuslike plant that supplies much of the world's rope and cordage might soon have to dive for the storm cellar.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even today, only cottonwoods and Chinese elms—perennials with a cactuslike indifference to thirst—are commonly planted.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
It's called tuna cheese, made from the milky juice of the prickly pear that grows on yet another cactuslike plant of the dry lands.
From The Complete Book of Cheese by Robert Carlton Brown
