Cactus
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Latin cactus (“a spiny plant, possibly the cardoon”), from Ancient Greek κάκτος (káktos).
Proper noun edit
Cactus m
- (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – original Linnean genus of cactus, rejected in 1905.
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Cactus mammillaris (now Mammillaria mammillaris, woolly nipple cactus) - type species
Derived terms edit
- Austrocactus
- Bergerocactus
- Cleistocactus
- Corryocactus
- Discocactus
- Disocactus
- Echinocactus
- Ferocactus
- Melocactus
- Myrtillocactus
- Ortegocactus
- Pediocactus
- Pterocactus
- Sclerocactus
- Stenocactus
- Strombocactus
- Strophocactus
- Tephrocactus
- Thelocactus
References edit
- Cactus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Cactaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Cactaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English edit
Proper noun edit
Cactus
- A city in Texas.
- An unincorporated community in California.