snake cactus

noun

Acanthocereus tetragonus (barbed-wire cactus).

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounsnake cactus (plural snake cactuses or snake cacti)

plural snake cactuses · plural snake cacti

  1. Any cactus of several species:
    1. Acanthocereus tetragonus (barbed-wire cactus).
    2. Bergerocactus emoryi (golden cereus, golden spine cereus).
    3. Cylindropuntia spinosior (cane cholla, spiny cholla).
    4. Morangaya pensilis (syn. Echinocereus pensilis).
    5. Nyctocereus serpentinus (Mexican night-bloom cereus, serpent cactus).
    6. Selenicereus spp. (midnight cactuses).
Cite this entry
APA

snake cactus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snake%20cactus

MLA

“snake cactus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snake%20cactus. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snake cactus,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snake%20cactus.

Source: snake cactus on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.