cactusses

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A form of cactus — Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.

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Meanings

noun
  1. nonstandardpluralrareplural of cactus

    Cactuſſes, or rather Cacti—for all the grand people called them ſo—he muſt have plenty of them.

    1861, Thornley Grant, The Moated Farm, London: James Blackwood, page 16
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    Thence we go West, the road lying between two rows of cactusses, leave a path on the left and then we cross a little ravine, the left shore of which we follow (1), turning South West.

    1875, Lievin de Hamme, Guide to the Holy Places and Historical Sites in the Holy Land, Ghent: C. Poelman, page 531

    Even after careful searching the Spanish did not find anything of value on Aruba. All there was were bare rocks, cactusses and divi-divi trees.

    2012, Arie Wilschut, Images of Time: The Role of a Historical Consciousness of Time in Learning History, Information Age Publishing, →ISBN, page 234

    Synonyms: cacti, cactuses

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