cactus (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

Español > 1 sentido de la palabra *cactus*:
NOMBRE	plant	cactus, cactaceae, cacto	any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines

Español > *cactus*: 1 sentido > nombre 1, plant
Sentido	Any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines.
Sinónimos	cactaceae, cacto
Miembro de	cactáceas, familia cactáceas	constituting the order Opuntiales
Específico	cactus erizo	cactus of the genus Echinocereus
	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
Inglés	cactus
Catalán	cactus

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