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Water to have only four enormous cylinder-like digester buildings instead of eight, which it didn’t have room for.

From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2015

Instead of the cylinder-like cap of the Turk's-Cap species, this one has a short, broad tuft of white wool and red spines, like a skull-cap.

From Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation by Watson, W.