| Sentido | Any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines. |
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| Sinónimos | cactaceae, cacto |
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| Miembro de | cactáceas, familia cactáceas | constituting the order Opuntiales |
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| Específico | cactus erizo | cactus of the genus Echinocereus |
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| carnegiea gigantea, saguaro, sahuaro | Extremely large treelike cactus of desert regions / regions of southwestern United States having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit |
| cholla | arborescent cacti having very spiny cylindrical stem segments |
| corifanta, coryphantha | A cactus of the genus Coryphantha |
| echinocactus | Any cactus of the genus Echinocactus |
| epiphyllum | Any cactus of the genus Epiphyllum having flattened jointed irregularly branching stems and showy tubular flowers |
| garambulla cactus | arborescent cactus of western Mexico bearing a small oblong edible berrylike fruit |
| lophophora williamsii, mezcal, peyote | A small spineless globe-shaped cactus |
| mammillaria | Any cactus of the genus Mammillaria |
| nopal | Any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea resembling prickly pears |
| pitahaya cactus | cactus of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having edible juicy fruit |
| tuna | cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species |
| General | planta carnosa | A plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs |
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| Inglés | cactus |
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| Catalán | cactus |
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