fishhook cactus
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fishhook cactus
An Americanism dating back to 1845–50
Example Sentences
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Billowing white clouds drifted off burnt-brown hills bristling with branched and twisted Joshua trees and fishhook cactus.
From Los Angeles Times
The eighth day we ran out of the fishhook cactus, and, being on a high promontory, were out of touch with the sea.
From Project Gutenberg
Perhaps the fishhook cactus had helped.
From Project Gutenberg
About this time Denton ran across some fishhook cactus, which we cut up and chewed.
From Project Gutenberg
Just at sundown we took another wallow in the surf, and chewed some more fishhook cactus.
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